Canada Is Having Trouble With China

[Zephyr]

This rather underscores some concerns I have had about China's ambitions...

Canada’s secret service is fighting a hidden civil war

The Canada of our allies’ imagination is a peaceable land of winter, hockey and exquisite politeness. The winter and the hockey haven’t changed. But peaceable and polite? Not since the civil war broke out. This civil war doesn’t pit Quebec nationalists against English Canada, but centres instead...

news.yahoo.com

For decades Canada’s national security establishment has sounded the alarm about foreign authoritarian interference. Their dire warnings fell on the deaf ears of a political class bedazzled by China’s potential to counterbalance Canada’s dependence on American markets. Canada’s spies loyally but fruitlessly reported their disquieting findings, warning behind closed doors of Chinese infiltration of Canadian institutions, including our political parties and elections.

An unprecedented series of leaks appeared in the media, upending Canadian politics and setting spies and politicians at each other’s throats.

The leaks reveal a China hell-bent on suborning Canadian institutions. The allegations include: charges of Chinese interference in elections at every level (federal, provincial and municipal), the existence of Chinese police stations operating with impunity on Canadian soil, the intimidation of Canadians and permanent residents of Chinese origin, and threats to the families of prominent Canadian politicians.

The government response was to fire back at the intelligence services, finding the charges of Chinese interference without merit, racist, or claiming the intelligence never reached the politicians. The intelligence community was pilloried for illegal leaks.

 

[3Nails4Given]

They are just Chinese weather balloons, no need to worry