Beijing needed to throw somebody up against a wall and slap him around, so President Xi Jinping chose Justin Trudeau.
Beijing’s complex campaigns of subversion, threats, influence-buying, bullying and espionage in Canada stretch back much farther than last December, of course.
So it was refreshing to see that Tuesday’s first-ever annual report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) made no bones about it.
China is a threat to Canada’s national security, the committee found.
China figures in the report’s findings under espionage and foreign influence, and under cyber threats as well.
The report also notes a 2017 warning from David Mulroney, a former ambassador to China, about Beijing’s influence-peddling efforts in Canada.
China is known globally for its efforts to influence Chinese communities and the politics of other countries Report by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians. »
