A former Canadian security official stated in Congress that Canadian security agencies have had evidence of Chinese infiltration for 30 years, but the government has not acted.

(Reuters file photo)

[Compilation of Sun Yuqing/Comprehensive Report] The infiltration of Canada by China and its interference in internal affairs have been continuously exposed, and the inaction of the Ottawa authorities has sparked criticism.

Canada's "Global News" (Global News) recently reported that two former officials of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and a senior media person went to Congress to testify that the Chinese infiltration operation began as early as the 1990s, but the government has not dealt with it, calling for the security agencies to be punished. carry out sweeping reforms.

The Information Privacy and Ethics Committee of the Canadian House of Representatives held a hearing on foreign interference. Former CSIS Asia-Pacific Director Michael Juneau-Katsuya and Executive Manager Dan Stanton, as well as former Conservative Party Member of Congress Zhao Jinrong, senior reporter Jonathan Manthorpe, former editor of "Sing Tao Daily" He Liangmao and others all said in unison that Canadian democratic institutions have been destroyed by the CCP.

Please read on...

Juno-Katsutani stated that he learned through a joint investigation between CSIS and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the 1990s that Chinese consulate personnel were allegedly secretly funding the Liberal and Conservative parties. Canada, but every Canadian government during this period has compromised with China, because every government has been infiltrated and undermined by influential Chinese agents.” He even bluntly stated that these operations have grown in scale and complexity in recent years. Has been more refined.

Former MP Zhao Jinrong said that he believed that he and other MPs had been discredited by the CCP’s disinformation campaign during the 2021 general election; Chen Zhuoyu pointed out that after the Tiananmen incident, Chen and his companions jointly established the Vancouver Federation for Pro-Democracy Movement (Van Zhilian), but after being elected as a member of Parliament in 1993, their stance turned to be pro-China, and they also quarreled with the then Prime Minister Jean Chretien. ) visited China together, "For those who are concerned about China's political openness and the development of freedom and democracy, especially the members of the Wen Zhilian, they feel very frustrated and betrayed."

Stanton also pointed out that this situation has constituted an "existential crisis". For 30 years, China has locked the doors of Canadian institutions and launched infiltration. Although Russia, India and other countries have also intervened, they are insignificant compared to China, because China It is the comprehensive penetration of society.

In November last year, "Global News" exclusively disclosed a number of intelligence documents, revealing that the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto had interfered in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. After several committees in Congress continued to examine China-related threats, Stanton was dissatisfied. Ottawa What the authorities did after that was feeble. They only allocated 49.8 million Canadian dollars (more than 1.1 billion Taiwan dollars) to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to protect Canadians from harassment and intimidation by foreign governments, but they did not give them investigative strategies and prosecution powers.

Juno-Kinggu suggested that in addition to enacting the foreign agent registration law as soon as possible, Canada must also set up an independent office not affiliated with CSIS or RCMP, and that Congress should empower it to independently investigate and prosecute serious interference; Indifferent to Chinese interference, the office should be completely immune to political influence.