The report warned that Beijing is the ‘foremost perpetrator’ of foreign interference in Canada
China sees Canada as a “high-priority target” and employs “incentives and punishment” as part of a vast influence network directed at legislators, business executives and diaspora communities in this country, according to a top-secret intelligence assessment from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
The nine-page document, seen by The Globe and Mail, is the latest example of the warnings published by Canada’s security service in recent years that lay out a problem – and a solution. It’s marked top secret and for Canadian eyes only. It says CSIS reporting from 2021 indicates that China’s intelligence service, the Ministry of State Security , “has taken specific actions to target Canadian MPs” who are linked to the February, 2021, parliamentary motion condemning Beijing’s oppression of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities. The motion, which passed, declared China’s conduct to amount to genocide.
“This is more evidence of the PRC’s meddling in Canadian democracy and more evidence for Ottawa to take immediate action,” Mr. Chong said. In late 2020, CSIS said China’s diplomats in Canada attempted to build inroads with members of the Conservative Party, “likely in an effort to engage with and steer away individuals from what the mission perceives to be anti-PRC portions of the Conservative Party’s platform.”
In addition, the report said Beijing seeks Canadian support for its controversial Belt and Road initiative, where China is pouring US$1-trillion into building railways, ports and pipelines from Asia to Africa, as part of what critics regard as a state-directed effort to bolster Chinese political influence and extend the country’s military reach.
To win favour with the Conservatives, CSIS said China’s Calgary consulate tried to use a third party to influence a prominent Conservative MP, and similar attempts were made with senior party officials in Ottawa and Montreal. CSIS did not name the third party or the Conservatives approached on Beijing’s behest.
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