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加拿大驻中国大使麦家廉被撤职。
总理杜鲁多在1月26日发布的一份声明中说：“昨晚，我要求被接受了麦家廉辞去加拿大驻中国大使一职。”
麦家廉星期二（1月22日）在安省万锦市接受采访时说，华为首席财务官孟晚舟争取不被引渡有相当的胜算。
麦家廉的讲话在加拿大政界引起不小负面反响，官方反对党保守党要求自由党政府总理特鲁多撤换他。 他星期四发表书面声明，表示后悔对中国官方媒体和中文媒体记者讲有关孟晚舟引渡案的评论，说当时讲错了话，他的言论造成了混乱、也没有准确反映他在该问题上的立场。
就在麦家廉为自己的言论道歉的第二天，他又对 StarMetro Vancouver的记者说，如果美国撤销对华为高管的引渡要求，对加拿大很有利。
他还重复了他之前说过的一句话：如果美国和中国就孟晚舟一案达成协议，协议应该包括被中国拘押的两名加拿大公民的被释放。
第二天，总理杜鲁多撤销了麦家廉的加拿大驻中国大使一职。
杜鲁多的声明：
“Last night I asked for and accepted John McCallum’s resignation as Canada’s Ambassador to China.
“For almost two decades, John McCallum has served Canadians honourably and with distinction. He held many positions in Cabinet over the years, including Minister of National Defence, Minister of Veterans Affairs and, most recently, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. His work as Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship in bringing in over 39,500 Syrian refugees remains an inspiration to Canadians and an example to the world. I thank him and his family for his service over the past many years.
“Effective immediately and in keeping with standard practice, Jim Nickel, the Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of Canada in Beijing, will represent Canada in China as Chargé d’affaires.”
相关链接：
John McCallum fired as ambassador to China amid diplomatic crisis
John McCallum's political skills failed both him and Trudeau
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