B.C. premier asked to remove retired judge from Chinese-Canadian committee following Uyghur comments A group of prominent Chinese-Canadians in B.C. is asking the premier to remove a retired judge and lawyer from a provincial advisory committee after he said in a radio interview that Canada's response to the treatment of ethnic Muslim minority Uyghurs in China is not based on fact. Social Sharing Bill Yee said in Cantonese language radio interview that Canadian response to Uyghur situation based on ‘lies’ CBC News · Posted: Apr 07, 2021 6:40 PM PT | Last Updated: April 8 Bill Yee, left, pictured in 2015 in Vancouver at a Chinatown Merchants Association dinner with Suzanne Anton, British Columbia's former attorney general and minister of justice.(Suzanne Anton/Twitter)