A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Canada issued a statement on Canada's request for a Chinese consular official to leave the country within a time limit. According to the official website of the Chinese Embassy in Canada, on 8 May, based on the lies of individual politicians and media about "China's interference in Canada's internal affairs," the Canadian government openly declared a consular official of the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto an "unwelcome person." This seriously violates international law and the basic norms governing international relations, seriously violates the relevant bilateral agreements between China and Canada, and deliberately destroys China-Canada relations. China strongly condemns and firmly opposes it and has lodged a solemn protest to Canada. China will resolutely take counter-measures, and Canada will bear all the consequences arising therefrom. China never interferes in the internal affairs of other countries, and the so-called "China's interference in Canada's internal affairs" is groundless and is a political manipulation based on China's naked slander and ideological prejudice. Canada's unreasonable provocation has seriously damaged the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese diplomatic and consular personnel. It must be pointed out that Chinese diplomatic and consular personnel in Canada have always performed their duties in strict accordance with the relevant international conventions and bilateral agreements between China and Canada. Instead of protecting the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese diplomatic and consular personnel, the Canadian government deliberately caters to the hype of anti-China forces and takes extreme actions against Chinese consular officials, which the Chinese side will never accept! We advise Canada to rein in at the brink of the precipice and not to go further and further along the wrong road. If Canada acts recklessly, China is bound to fight back resolutely and forcefully.