Wyld Adrian/Wyld Adrian/CP/ABACA
DECRYPTION – Chinese services use blackmail, corruption of politicians, academics and pressure on the Chinese diaspora.
Montreal
“Foreign interference is widespread, insidious and harmful to Canada’s democratic institutions”, warns Marie-Josée Hogue, the commissioner of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Canada, whose report was published at the end of the week, after eight months of investigations and public hearings. This 228-page document highlights the interference of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in Canadian society. China has targeted Canadian officials, academics and elected officials with various techniques: corruption, blackmail, cyberattacks and threats.
The PRC interfered in Canada’s electoral system during the 2019 election to elect 11 Liberal MPs (from Justin Trudeau’s party), politically favorable to the Middle Kingdom, to the detriment of conservative candidates, whose political position is less benevolent towards China. The commissioner recounts how Beijing favored the nomination of Han Dong, a candidate from a constituency…
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