Career
In 1986, Tay co-founded the musical duo "風雲樂隊" with university colleague Ringo. The group gained recognition with their song "Anita." [6] After the duo disbanded, Tay continued his music career. Beyond music, Tay expanded into acting, securing roles in television series produced by TVB and RTHK, as well as in films, with notable television appearances such as "Burning Flame". [7]
In September 2019, TVB stopped renewing his contract, which was believed to be related to his participation in the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests. [8] On July 2020, he revealed that he and his family had returned to Canada and would continue to push for democracy in Hong Kong from overseas. [9]
In 2021, he opened an online media "HongKonger Station" in Canada. On 22 January 2024, he said in his own media that he would run for the next 2025 Canadian federal election in the riding of Markham—Unionville as a Conservative Party candidate against former MP Bob Saroya. [10] On 24 March 2025, the party shifted him to the riding of Don Valley North as the party candidate. [11]
On December 24, 2024, the Hong Kong Police Force's National Security Department issued a warrant for Tay's arrest and offered a bounty of HK$1,000,000. The HKPD alleged Joe of violating the Hong Kong National Security Law, including charges of "inciting secession" and "colluding with foreign forces". The warrant and bounty are widely criticized as a form of “transnational repression” to silent dissent [12] , as well as an attempt to interfer with Canada's upcoming election [10] . On the same day, Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Melanie Joly, issued a statement saying Canada "deplores" the warrants, that "Hong Kong authorities are targeting Tay for exercising freedom of speech and calls to "end prosecution of individuals under this law", including Joe Tay. [13]
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