Carney standing by candidate Paul Chiang, who suggested Conservative be turned over to China for bounty [Video]

Liberal Leader Mark Carney says Paul Chiang will remain a candidate under his banner, despite calls to ouster the Markham-Unionville incumbent for suggesting people turn in a Conservative candidate to the Chinese consulate and collect a bounty.

“I view this a teachable moment,” Carney said during a campaign stop in Vaughan, Ont., Monday.

Carney is facing external pressure to drop Chiang after he told a Chinese-language media news conference in January that people they could cash in if they turned Joe Tay in to the Chinese consulate in Toronto. Tay is running for the Conservatives in the GTA battleground riding of Don Valley North. 

In December, Hong Kong police issued a bounty and arrest warrant for Tay — worth $1 million HK, roughly $184,000 — and other China democracy advocates. Tay is a co-founder of Canada-based NGO HongKonger Station and runs a YouTube channel that promotes democracy and free speech.

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