Paul Chiang

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.

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.

In 2026, Chiang announced that he would run for Regional Councillor for the City of Markham.

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