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The Canadian government has been tracking Chinese government efforts to influence Canada since at least 1986. [2] These overseas influence operations have allegedly risen to the extent that they represent an alarming security threat to the United States, who conducted a secret probe into the issue in the 1990s, according to former Canadian and US intelligence officials. [3]
In May, the House of Commons passed a non-binding motion calling on the government to expel Chinese diplomats involved in interference. [74] The motion also called on the government to establish a public inquiry and a foreign agent registry, and to force the closure of Chinese police stations operating in Canada. [75]
China now accounts for about 6% of Canada's total world trade (imports and exports combined). [134] Between 1998 and 2007, imports from China grew by almost 400%. [134] According to a study by the Fraser Institute think tank, China replaced Japan as Canada's third-largest export market in 2007, with CA$9.3 billion flowing into China. Between ...
In February 2011, news sources revealed that the Government of Canada suffered cyber attacks by foreign hackers using IP addresses from China. The hackers managed to infiltrate three departments within the government and transmit classified information back to them.
Canada recognized the People's Republic of China as the sole legitimate government of China on October 13, 1970, [4] and a Canadian Embassy was opened in Beijing on June 10, 1971. Ronning, Collins, Small and Menzies (born in Zhangde, Henan) were Chinese born diplomats who possessed significant Chinese cultural knowledge, and in the case of ...
With the seizures of Sing Tao Daily and World Journal, Ming Pao is currently the only Chinese language newspaper that publishes daily. The paper is published 7 days a week in broadsheet format. News coverage include Canadian news (including national, provincial, city and community pages), international news, Hong Kong news, mainland China and ...
Canada's official bilingualism policies give citizens the right to receive federal government services in either English or French with official-language minorities guaranteed their own schools in all provinces and territories. [307] Quebec's 1974 Official Language Act established French as the only official language of the province. [308]
The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Previously, CBC relied on The Canadian Press to provide it with wire copy for its news bulletins.