GTA Liberal candidate’s relations with China consulate trigger fresh concerns
Global News
Peter Yuen attended a Queen’s Park ceremony in 2016 to commemorate the authoritarian regime’s 67th anniversary alongside then-Ontario Liberal premier Kathleen Wynne.
New questions have surfaced about relations between a federal Liberal candidate running in Markham-Unionville and China’s consulate in Toronto, including his presentation of an award of appreciation to a consul-general and appearing to salute the Communist flag at an event celebrating the establishment of the People’s Republic of China.
Peter Yuen, then a Toronto Police Service (TPS) superintendent, attended a Queen’s Park ceremony in 2016 along with a half dozen other uniformed TPS officers to commemorate the authoritarian regime’s 67th anniversary alongside then-Ontario Liberal premier Kathleen Wynne.
In a photo published afterwards on the website of the People’s Republic of China Toronto Consulate, Yuen appears to be saluting the Chinese flag while it is being raised outside the legislature.
Two years earlier, Global News found a photo of a uniformed Yuen at an event inside China’s Toronto consulate, published in The China Daily USA edition, showing him giving a plaque to outgoing PRC Toronto Consul Fang Li “in appreciation for his support and friendship during his term in office.”
The Toronto police officer and Chinese diplomat were surrounded by seven younger TPS officers, whose presence at the consulate event was not explained.
Presented with a detailed list of specific Global News questions about his attendance at these events, Yuen, who retired as a TPS deputy commissioner in 2022, offered only a general response:
“I am proud of my Hong Kong heritage, but I have been a Canadian citizen for over 45 years and have been honoured to serve my community on the front lines of the Toronto Police Service for more than 30 years.
“I am in this race because I am committed to building a strong, resilient, and united Canada. During the period you referenced, events of this nature were common among private and public institutions as a means to strengthen people-to-people ties.”
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