TORONTO Activists, experts and policy makers are speaking out on what they describe as an ever-growing “influence” of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Canadian business, academic and political circles. There has been mounting scrutiny on the CCP’s increased flexing of its intelligence muscles since the ascension of President Xi Jinping in 2013. Canada’s intelligence agencies have taken the rare step of naming China as a significant threat to the country’s sovereignty, with CSIS director David Vigneault publicly saying in a February 2021 speech that Canadians are being “aggressively” targeted by foreign interests – and Beijing was engaged in “activities that are a direct threat to our national security and sovereignty.”
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COVID-19-ravaged nursing homes and entering U.S. on a kayak: In The News for April 28
Paramedics take away a person from Revera Westside Long Term Care Home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette April 28, 2021 - 1:36 AM
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what s on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 28 .
COVID-19 news we are watching in Canada .
Ontario s auditor general will release a report today on the province s COVID-19-ravaged nursing homes.
The special report by Bonnie Lysyk is scheduled to be tabled in the legislature mid-morning.
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A sign for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service building is shown in Ottawa on May 14, 2013. Canada s spy agency is asking a court to toss out the claim of an employee who alleges he endured racial discrimination and physical abuse from colleagues. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick April 28, 2021 - 1:00 AM
OTTAWA - Canada s spy agency is asking a court to toss out the claim of an employee who alleges he endured racial discrimination and physical abuse from colleagues.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service says Sameer Ebadi should have turned to internal grievance and harassment processes instead of filing a suit in Federal Court.
Chinese Restaurant Branch in Taiwan Denies Sending Surveillance Footage to China
After Vancouver Location Admits to Sending Footage
A popular Chinese restaurant chain in Taiwan is denying it’s sending surveillance footage of its customers to China, coming after a Vancouver branch admitted it sent surveillance footage of its customers to China.
The Haidilao Hot Pot restaurant in Taiwan, in an April 22 statement on Facebook, admitted it recorded footage of their customers, but said it was done “mainly to better protect consumers’ dining rights and safety, avoid poor service, and improve service quality.”
The branch also denied ever using the footage to conduct facial recognition and analysis, adding that the recording was done in compliance with Taiwan’s laws and regulations.