'Canada, don't trust Communist China': Anti-CCP protesters unite outside Toronto consulate

Hong Kongers, Tibetans, Uyghurs, Taiwanese and Falun Gong practitioners rallied for freedom and human rights on Oct. 1 as the Cowards and Bullies campaign returned to the site of the attack on Falun Gong practitioner Lina Li.

Scarlett Grace
  |   October 03, 2026   |   News Analysis   |   1 Comment

“Canada, don’t trust Communist China!”

That was the message chanted outside the Chinese Consulate in Toronto on Oct. 1, as protesters from communities that have experienced life under the Chinese Communist Party came together to mark China’s National Day — not with celebration, but condemnation.

Hong Kongers, Tibetans, Uyghurs, Taiwanese, Falun Gong practitioners and other opponents of the CCP gathered outside the consulate, calling for freedom and human rights while warning Canadians not to take their own freedoms for granted.

“We fight for our freedom, fight for our human rights, and we are against the CCP,” one demonstrator said.

For a Tibetan protester, the demonstration was an opportunity to draw attention to what his community has endured under Chinese rule.

“Tibetan people living in Tibet have been suffering since 1959,” he said, explaining that protesters want the world to pay attention to their demands for “freedom” and “basic human rights.”

A Hong Konger who recently came to Canada had a similar message.

“In China, no freedom. We cannot talk what we want,” he said.

We also returned with our billboard truck, which displays footage of the Sept. 22 attack on Falun Gong practitioner Lina Li outside the same consulate.

We first brought the truck to the consulate on Sept. 28 to launch our Cowards and Bullies campaign. The campaign calls on Prime Minister Mark Carney to identify and charge Li’s attacker — and deport him if he is not a Canadian citizen — expel any Chinese diplomat found to be involved in intimidating people in Canada, and permanently shut down every CCP “police station” operating on Canadian soil.

Li was assaulted and threatened after confronting a man who tore down Falun Gong banners. The man, who wore a black jacket bearing a Chinese flag, left before police arrived and remains publicly unidentified.

“This is fantastic,” one attendee said of the truck. “It’s great for anti-censorship, and it’s a great way of raising awareness.”

While the protesters came from different countries, cultures and movements, their message outside the consulate was remarkably consistent: what happened in their homelands must not be allowed to follow them to Canada.

“If this is disrupted, here becomes China,” one demonstrator warned. “No one has any rights.”

COWARDS AND BULLIES

This is Canada, not Beijing. Shut down the CCP's police stations.

3,169 signatures
Goal: 10,000 signatures
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On September 22, a man wearing the Chinese flag assaulted a Falun Gong practitioner on a Toronto sidewalk, declared it "Chinese territory" and threatened to kill her. He still hasn't been charged.

Tell Prime Minister Carney: charge him, expel any diplomat involved, and shut down every CCP police station in Canada.

Chinese-Canadians are Canadians. This is Canada, not Beijing.

Will you sign?

Scarlett Grace

Anti-Discrimination Reporter

Scarlett Grace is a Canadian journalist and musician from Peterborough, Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Trent University and has spent over a decade performing live and releasing original music.

In 2022, her involvement in Canada’s freedom movement marked a turning point in her career and public voice. She later joined Rebel News, where she works as an anti-discrimination journalist, reporting extensively on the rise of antisemitism in Canada and the Iranian uprising.

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  • Fran g
    commented 2026-10-07 16:35:29 -0400
    As more people are finally standing up and voicing their opposition to carnage and cronies, more and more socialists are converting to Conservative.