Canadian Intelligence Eh

Quick Hits - Episode 220: Has Canada been 'shanghaied' by the PRC?

March 30, 2023 Phil Gurski
Quick Hits - Episode 220: Has Canada been 'shanghaied' by the PRC?
Canadian Intelligence Eh
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Canadian Intelligence Eh
Quick Hits - Episode 220: Has Canada been 'shanghaied' by the PRC?
Mar 30, 2023
Phil Gurski

Leaked intelligence suggests that the PRC/Chinese Communist Party interfered in federal elections in 2019 and 2021 to get the results more favourable to its interests.  The Trudeau government has not taken the information seriously and appears to want the whole thing to disappear.  What does this say about Canada's use - or lack thereof - of intelligence and what are the implications for its relations with Western allies?

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Leaked intelligence suggests that the PRC/Chinese Communist Party interfered in federal elections in 2019 and 2021 to get the results more favourable to its interests.  The Trudeau government has not taken the information seriously and appears to want the whole thing to disappear.  What does this say about Canada's use - or lack thereof - of intelligence and what are the implications for its relations with Western allies?