Paul Chiang (politician)

Born in Karachi, Pakistan to Chinese parents, he grew up in Pakistan until his family immigrated to Canada in 1976 to join his father's family. His grandparents had lived in Pakistan since 1927. ==Policing career==

Chiang was a police officer with the York Regional Police for 28 years, retiring in 2020 as a Sergeant. In 2013, he served as a diversity officer in the Diversity and Cultural Resources Unit. He first entered policing with the London Police Service in 1992, and served with the Durham Regional Police before joining York in 1999. ==Political career==

Elected to represent the riding of Markham—Unionville in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Diversity and Inclusion. During the 2025 federal election, it was revealed that Chiang remarked at a Chinese-language media news conference in January that Joe Tay, who was then seeking the Conservative nomination in Markham—Unionville, should be reported to the Toronto Chinese Consulate in exchange for a 1 million HKD bounty that was placed by the Hong Kong police. Chiang later apologized for the comments by calling them "deplorable." He also issued another statement saying it should never happen again and that he reached to Tay for a personal apology. Tay rejected Chiang's apology stating it was insufficient. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police later opened an investigation to see if Chiang's comment broke the law after Hong Kong Watch filed a complaint. He was replaced by Peter Yuen who was defeated by Conservative candidate Michael Ma in the election. ==Personal life==

He is married to Monica, who is also of Chinese descent and born in Pakistan (Rawalpindi). They have three children. In addition to Hakka Chinese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hubei and English, Chiang is also fluent in Urdu, Punjabi and knows Pashto from his early years in Pakistan. ==Election results==