Chinese officials expressed concerns about a visit by Tibetan independence figures. Then the Speaker\u0027s office refused to allow another event involving Tibetan monks
The consulate said the “so-called ‘Tibetan government-in-exile’ is a separatist political organization with the agenda of pursuing ‘Tibetan independence’. It is completely in violation of China’s constitution and laws, and is not recognized by any country in the world.”U.S. Congress for interfering in its internal affairs by allowing Tsering to speak by video at a hearing earlier this week.
An hour and a half before the event, Karen Armstrong, an executive assistant in the Speaker’s office, wrote to a Liberal staffer asking: “Are you able to tell me if the Buddhist Masters are from Tibet?” A B.C. Liberal staffer told Postmedia after some email correspondence with Cai Dong, manager of the education office, Dong asked for a phone call. Dong, according to the staffer, asked on the March 15 call if it were possible to exclude the Tibetan monks from the subsequent event. The staffer said the issue was above his pay grade and he’d have to contact Stone, the party’s house leader.
unable to approve the event request in the Hall of Honour,” but he said Wat is welcome to have the delegation in the official Opposition caucus space. Stone, however, was skeptical of that explanation. He wrote in his letter that while the Speaker’s office arrived at the correct outcome, “I have found the path to this point deeply troubling.”
Stone will ask that the information be passed on to relevant Canadian security and law enforcement agencies.
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