China denied travel visa to Liberal MP McKinnon, vice-chair of the Canada-China Legislative Association

B.C. Liberal MP Ron McKinnon’s travel visa application for China was denied for not providing detailed education, international travel and work information.

China declined to grant travel visas to Liberal MP Ron McKinnon and Conservative MP Candice Bergen this summer. Both were supposed to travel to China as part of the Canada-China Legislative Association in August. The Hill Times file photographs

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BY ABBAS RANA

October 9, 2017

The Chinese government denied a travel visa to rookie Liberal MP Ron McKinnon this summer when he tried to travel to China as part of the Canada-China Legislative Association’s two-week trip, after he failed to provide details of his education, international travel, and work history. In an interv...

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