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Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart wonders why the federal government did not order China's consul general in Vancouver to leave the country.
Tong Xiaoling figures heavily in Canadian spy agency reports leaked to The Globe and Mail.
She boasted of helping replace two Conservative MPs in Richmond with two Liberals in 2021 federal election.
Stewart had rocky relations with Tong, beginning shortly after he was elected in 2018.
Less attention is given to municipal campaigns, because donations are not tax-deductible.
“In B.C., for municipal elections, we just send in sheets of people we say donated to us, they're never checked. And then there's no access to bank accounts. So this is wide open, it could easily be abused," says Eby.
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