On April 10, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slandered China by saying that China has "the willingness to engage in foreign interference in Canada", while attending the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference. We express our strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this.

The Chinese side has repeatedly emphasized that China has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in other countries' internal affairs. We have never interfered in Canada's internal affairs, and have no interest whatsoever in doing so. We have made this position solemnly and clearly to the Canadian side on bilateral and multilateral occasions. Some politicians in Canada, driven by their own self-interests, are attempting to solely target China in the public inquiry, and label and cast aspersions on China. The testimonies have been characterized with terms as "highly likely," "probable," and "suspicious," but they fail to provide any substantial evidence. This once again fully illustrates that the so-called "foreign interference" public inquiry is nothing but a politically orchestrated farce, and the poor tactics used by some individuals in Canada to attack China reached to an inexplicable level.

China has been the target of "foreign interference" activities carried out by some other countries including Canada. For a long time, the Canadian side has provoked China on major issues concerning China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, such as Taiwan, Xinjiang, Hong Kong, Xizang related issues, condoned and supported anti-China separatist activities. Canada has not shown any remorse, but addicted to blame shifting. Canadian media openly reported that Canadian security intelligence agencies conducted surveillance targeting Chinese diplomatic missions and personnel in Canada. During the inquiry, relevant Canadian agencies openly admitted that they interfered with the normal functions of Chinese diplomatic missions in Canada. The Canadian government keeps referring to the cases of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, yet it paid a hefty sum of money to settle with the individuals involved in. Isn’t the narrative about the two Michaels a poor lie which reveals the truth? Isn't it obvious who is interfering in other countries' internal affairs? And who is engaging in espionage activities? The facts are clear for all to see.

China strongly urges Canada to respect the facts, abandon ideological biases, stop hyping up the lies of "Chinese interference," and stop poisoning the atmosphere of China-Canada relations. Otherwise, it will suffer the consequences of its actions.