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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]
The Centre Block on Parliament Hill. The People's Republic of China made attempts to interfere in the 2019 Canadian federal election and 2021 Canadian federal election and threatened Canadian politicians, according to Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Parliament of Canada's Foreign Interference Commission.
The Chinese government, in turn, sees Canada's position as reflective of growing anti-China sentiment and anxiety regarding the country's economic and military development. [7] Canadian views on China have cooled considerably. Only 14% of Canadians view the country favourably, according to polling conducted in early 2021. [8]
Low-cost labourers from southern China could travel from Hong Kong to Western Canada on the same route, eventually help building the Canadian Pacific Railway (between 1881 and 1885) [3] and Yukon in the 1890s for potential gold prospects. The first ever Canadian representative in Hong Kong was the Canadian Immigration office, which opened in 1923.
Canada China Business Council; Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai; China-Canada Dinosaur Project; 2023 Chinese balloon incident; Chinese government interference in Canada; Chinese government interference in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections; Claws of the Panda; Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao
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 ...
Since 2003, China has emerged as Canada's second largest trading partner, passing Britain and Japan. China now accounts for approximately six percent of Canada's total world trade. According to a recent study by the Fraser Institute, China replaced Japan as Canada's third-largest export market in 2007, with CA$9.3 billion flowing into China in ...
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]