(Minghui.org) A violent attack against Falun Gong practitioners took place outside the Chinese Consulate in Toronto, Canada on September 22, 2026. A man not only destroyed the practitioners’ display boards, but also shoved and verbally abused an elderly female practitioner, while issuing death threats.
The incident has drawn the attention and condemnation of Members of Parliament from various Canadian political parties. Some wrote to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, urging the government to investigate the individual’s identity and take appropriate action.
Videos from the scene show a man wearing a jacket which had a Chinese flag on it suddenly rush toward display boards put up by practitioners. He smashed them, and verbally abused, and threatened an elderly female practitioner. A Canadian Member of Parliament stated that if an investigation confirms the individual involved is a Chinese diplomatic official or an agent of a foreign government, he should be expelled from Canada.
Conservative MP Jacob Mantle wrote to Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand requesting an investigation into the Chinese man’s violent act in Toronto. (Minghui.org)
Jacob Mantle, Conservative MP and shadow minister for Foreign Affairs posted on his Facebook page on October 13, 2026: “I’ve written to the Liberal Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand regarding the disturbing incident reported outside the Chinese Consulate in Toronto recently where a peaceful protester is harassed, threatened, and intimidated by a person who appears to be acting on behalf of Communist China.
“I asked the Minister to promptly investigate the incident and, if the individual involved is confirmed to be a Chinese diplomat or other foreign state actor, to remove them from Canada.
“I look forward to the Minister’s response.”
In his letter to the Foreign Affairs Minister, he wrote: “Foreign agents have no right or immunity to threaten or intimidate any person in Canada. As can be readily seen in publicly available videos of the incident, the man accosts the demonstrator, destroys her signage, and threatens her with violence and with the application of Chinese law.
“Violent actions against peaceful demonstrators are not acceptable in Canada.” He wrote that is unacceptable for foreign state actors to engage in behavior that violates all accepted norms of diplomatic conduct. He emphasized that, “It is incumbent upon you, as Minister of Foreign Affairs, to act when China seeks to undermine democracy and freedom in Canada.”
Michael Cooper, Conservative MP and Shadow Minister for Democratic Reform said in an interview: “We have a Beijing regime that is engaging in violence. In terms of what we saw in Toronto, there have been upward incidents.”
MP: It Is Important That We Address These Issues
Michael Cooper, Conservative MP and Shadow Minister for Democratic Reform (Minghui.org)
According to findings from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Public Safety Canada, and various public parliamentary inquiries, the CCP is the largest and most active foreign interference in Canada. Its targets include elections, communities, academia, policy making, the media, and dissidents.
Cooper said, “They are a national security threat. They engage in transnational repression, targeting Canadians, particularly Canadians of Chinese descent. This is a regime that operates illegal police stations on Canadian soil to advance their transnational repression agenda. And in the face of that, it is important that we address these issues.”
MP: Urge the Government to Take Action
Judy Sgro, Co-Chair of Parliamentary Friends of Falun Gong and long time Liberal MP, said: “I think the issues of foreign interference are very significant for all of our countries. There are people who are attempting to manipulate conversations and other things that are unacceptable. In her opinion, Canada currently faces very significant challenges in dealing with transnational repression, “We must be aware that it’s going on.”
Judy Sgro, Co-Chair of Parliamentary Friends of Falun Gong, said transnational repression is unacceptable. (Minghui.org)
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe vice chair of the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee and senior MP representing the Bloc Québécois said in an interview, “No act of violence should be permitted on this soil. And the Canadian government should understand what’s going on right now. We had the police bureau from Beijing on our own territory. It’s real. But the government doesn’t understand that.”
Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe, vice chair of the Foreign Affairs and International Development Committee and senior MP representing the Bloc Québécois, is interviewed. (Minghui.org)
He thinks that the Canadian government’s efforts in stopping foreign interference and transnational repression are “far from enough. That’s why there are opposition parties to tell them that it’s not enough and to use the media to be sure that the government will go forward on that particular part.”
New Democratic Party MP: Canada Needs to Improve Legislation to Tackle Transnational Repression
Jenny Kwan, New Democratic Party MP said, “Foreign interference in Canada is real. One of the issues that has been identified, of course, is transnational repression.” However she is concerned that despite inquiries “we are not taking the issue seriously enough.” She criticized the government for “turning a blind eye” and thinks Canada must take more proactive measures to “ensure that Canadians feel safe and those who are being targeted feel safe.”
Jenny Kwan, New Democratic Party MP, in an interview. (Minghui.org)
She gave an example that it took the government almost two years to finally put in place the commissioner for the registry, but even then, she said it’s not really fully operational. But that’s only a very small component of trying to address foreign interference.
At the legislative level, she said, “We actually don’t have any legislation to tackle transnational repression. That was something that the commissioner... in the inquiry had identified and they didn’t even look into the whole issue. And so a special effort needs to be made to address transnational repression and measures need to be put in place to address it.”
In her opinion, Canada’s implementation of foreign influence transparency and accountability act remains inadequate, and legislation is the first step, but it should not be the last step. “We expedited the process to get the bill passed in the hopes that the government would expedite putting in place the registry. But it took so long to put it in place. But now that it is at its infancy, and so there’s still much work to be done.”
She stressed that this cannot be the only solution to address foreign interference. The government must take steps to further refine relevant laws and measures to effectively protect the safety of the Canadian public and the nation’s democratic institutions.
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