Bob Mackin
Both Donald Trump and Xi Jinping slapped tariffs on Canadian goods. So why does B.C. Premier David Eby campaign against the U.S. president and ignore the Chinese leader?
That is what MLA Dallas Brodie (Vancouver Quilchena) asked on Oct. 27 in Question Period.
What she said
Brodie referred to China’s interference in Canadian elections, hostage diplomacy and 100% tariffs on Canola oil and seafood and Eby’s refusal to sell U.S. wine and spirits in B.C. government liquor stores.
“But instead of retaliating and railing against China, like he does with Trump, the Premier rewarded our economic enemies in China with a multi-billion dollar B.C. Ferries contract.”
What he said
Rather than Eby, the NDP’s Minister of Jobs and Economic Growth Ravi Kahlon (Delta North) stood up, but did not answer the question from the leader of the two-member Conservative splinter party, OneBC.
Kahlon did not mention China. He focused on the harm done by U.S. tariffs against B.C.’s lumber industry and suggested Brodie and caucusmate Tara Armstrong (Kelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream) “turn their heads away from being so pro-Trump so that they realize that they also represent people in this community and this province as well.”
China’s Xi Jinping (right) with Russia’s Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Sept. 2, 2025. (PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Cozying up to Xi
On Sept. 23, Kahlon’s deputy minister, Fazil Mihlar, was the most-senior provincial official at the Chinese consulate’s party to commemorate 76 years of Communist Party rule.
Also in attendance: Conservative MLAs Teresa Wat (Richmond Bridgeport) and Hon Chan (Richmond Centre)
Richmond visit
Eby’s advisor on issues related to the Chinese community is Guo “David” Ding. Video circulating on WeChat shows Eby on Oct. 24 with Ding at the Phantom Creek Estates Winery hospitality club.
Chinese media commentator Ding founded the Canada Committee 100 Society (CCS100). In 2021, the NDP government granted CCS100 $20,000 to host meetings with Chinese speakers about race-based data collection.
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