Why Canada has become a prime target for Beijing’s sophisticated influence operations. By Lisa Peryman for Probe International “What is the United Front? It’s basically a way in which the party tries to control and mobilize the people that are outside of it. So, it’s fundamental to domestic governance. It’s fundamental to trying to mobilize […]
Category: Election interference & Foreign Influence
A striking display during a House of Commons session on EV policy and Chinese imports, involving floor-crossing Liberal MP Michael Ma, has raised fresh concerns about foreign influence in Ottawa. By Probe International March 26: In a heated House of Commons committee session examining EV policy and Chinese imports, newly minted Liberal MP Michael Ma—a recent […]
By Probe International Yao Zhang, a Chinese-born dissident now living in Quebec, delivers a chilling warning about the creeping influence of communism in the West. Joining the Brave New Normal podcast earlier this month, Zhang sees alarming similarities between China and Canada. She argues that desperate young Canadians, facing unaffordable lives and mounting frustrations, may reach the […]
By Lisa Peryman for Probe International Earlier this month, a bombshell report from the U.S. defence policy think tank, Jamestown Foundation, delivered a critical wake-up call that exposed the alarming extent of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) infiltration in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany through its United Front Work Department (UFWD) network. […]
By Probe International Two reports released last week sought to reassure Canadians that foreign interference during the last general election did not compromise its overall integrity, with identified incidents labeled as “small scale.” Nevertheless, findings from the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force and the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol (CEIPP) for […]
Hong Kong’s National Security Law targets 19 overseas activists—including Canadians tied to the “Hong Kong Parliament”—amid global backlash over transnational repression and legal risks to 15,000+ participants. By Probe International Hong Kong authorities have escalated their global crackdown on dissent, targeting 19 overseas pro-democracy activists—including several based in Canada—with arrest warrants and financial bounties under the city’s draconian National […]
By Sasha Gong A U.S. citizen branded a fugitive by Hong Kong authorities for advocating democracy, condemns Beijing’s weaponization of Hong Kong’s National Security Law to silence global dissent and calls for unwavering international defence of free speech against authoritarian overreach. Sasha Gong is a scholar, journalist and filmmaker —she is also the first Asian-American […]
By Probe Media Powerhouse Canadian investigative journalist, Sam Cooper, reveals in this conversation with Northern Perspective media how China’s foreign interference in Canada operates. Intertwining organized crime, political influence, and a sophisticated money-laundering network dubbed the “Vancouver Model,” Cooper unpacks the ways Chinese influence has permeated Canada for decades, and all of it right “under […]
By Bruce Pardy | Published by The Brownstone Institute | First published by The Epoch Times Forget the members of Parliament who may have colluded with foreign governments. The real menace, the RCMP seem to think, are House of Commons pages. MPs suspected of foreign election interference should not be identified, the Mounties have insisted, […]