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Chinese government interference in Canada consists of espionage, compromise of politicians and government officials, election interference, transnational repression, and control of individuals and companies with ties to the government of the People's Republic of China or Chinese Communist Party (CCP). [1]
Her mandate includes investigating foreign interference from China, but also from other states deemed hostile to Canada, such as Russia. [9] In May 2024, the inquiry issued its preliminary report, finding that China engaged in foreign interference in both elections, but the interference did not affect the ultimate result of either election. [10]
Hogue's report confirmed foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections, predominantly by China, and identified its operation as "persistent and sophisticated". [ 7 ] Meanwhile, on June 13, 2023, Hardeep Singh Nijjar - a prominent advocate of the Khalistan movement - was killed by masked gunmen outside a Gurdwara in Surrey .
Canada's domestic spy agency concluded that China interfered in the last two elections, an official probe heard on Monday, the firmest evidence so far of suspected Chinese meddling in Canadian ...
Canada warned China against meddling in its elections during a rare meeting of the countries' defence chiefs, its defence minister said on Saturday. "I raised the concern of foreign interference ...
[12] Meanwhile, in May 2023, according to a CSIS intelligence assessment which provided an overview of Chinese government foreign interference in Canada, it was claimed that China sees Canada as a “high-priority target” and employs “incentives and punishment” as part of a vast influence network directed at legislators, business ...
In the book, Manthorpe advocates for a change in Canadian foreign policy towards the PRC. It was published around the same time as a period of strained relations between the two countries following the arrest of Huawei's deputy chair and CFO Meng Wanzhou in Canada in December 2018 and two subsequent arrests of Canadian citizens (Michael Kovrig ...
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Canada to normalize relations and build a strategic partnership during talks with Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly. Relations have been strained since 2018 due to the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou and China's subsequent detention of two Canadians.