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The Liberal government’s domestic blunders, most recently the vaccine and financial support fiascos, are bad enough. But of greater concern is that Canada’s hapless government has allowed China to make incursions into this country that represent a serious national security threat.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has chosen the path of capitulation and collaboration with Canada’s sworn enemy, Beijing. This poses an existential danger and explains why the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, David Vigneault, uncharacteristically spoke at an event in Ottawa recently about the country’s strategic threats.
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In the past week, intelligence agencies in the Netherlands, Finland and Canada expressed deep concern about Chinas espionage and political influence in democracies. Why it matters: Three years ago, the U.S. was something of a global outlier in its strident warnings against China. Now
The intelligence agencies in the Netherlands, Finland and Canada have expressed concern about China s espionage and political influence in democratic countries. The Frontier Post quoted Axios as reporting that the Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) in The Netherlands, last week, had released a report on threats to Dutch national security interests. The report stated that China s cyber-espionage poses an imminent threat to the economy of The Netherlands, in sectors such as banking, energy and infrastructure. Behind the scenes, China is rising on the agenda of the Dutch intelligence services. Spearheaded by the AIVD and NCTV, the focus is on economic espionage and political influence, Ties Dams, a research fellow at the Clingendael China Centre at the Clingendael Institute, told Axios.
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The heads of security intelligence agencies seldom open up. When they do, it is a sign to pay attention.
Canadians witnessed a very rare event recently. The director of CSIS, David Vigneault, gave a speech – virtually, of course – to the Centre for International Governance Innovation in Ottawa. In this all too infrequent occurrence, he talked about what keeps him up at night as the head of Canada’s premier spy agency.
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