Canadians have been hearing and reading a lot lately about the foreign influence/interference problem through a recently-completed public inquiry. While China has stolen the show, other countries have been mentioned as equally active in exerting pressure on a variety of diasporas. Iran is one of the regimes that has received some attention and Canada has a sizeable Iranian diaspora subject to these activities. Borealis talks with a leading Iranian Canadian on this threat.
Canadians have been hearing and reading a lot lately about the foreign influence/interference problem through a recently-completed public inquiry. While China has stolen the show, other countries have been mentioned as equally active in exerting pressure on a variety of diasporas. Iran is one of the regimes that has received some attention and Canada has a sizeable Iranian diaspora subject to these activities. Borealis talks with a leading Iranian Canadian on this threat.