Floor-crossing Liberal MP Michael Ma casts doubt on reports of forced labour in China

The Canadian Press: McCuaig-Johnston, who is a former senior public servant, told The Canadian Press in an interview she was “kind of dumbfounded” by Ma’s line of questioning, but is glad the issue is getting more attention.

“I looked around the committee as if to say, ‘Is he kidding?’ Because no Westerner can go to China and see forced labour. They would never let you anywhere close to that,” she said.

She said Ma seemed to be employing a tactic meant to downplay the issue of forced labour.

“Certainly he was trying to undermine my credibility,” she said. “I think he failed at that.”…