Canada’s failure to act forcefully against foreign interference poses grave risks to freedom

My family came to this country in the 1980s with the idealistic hope that Canada would be a place where the principles of democracy, freedoms, and the rule of law would be respected. My grandfather’s generation fled mainland China for British Hong Kong, and my father’s generation left Hong Kong for Canada.

Unfortunately, some members of my family now question Canada’s future, over the lack of protection from foreign interference from hostile states, specifically the long arm of the Chinese Communist Party.

We have even developed a cynical joke asking where my generation may have to flee to avoid the communist regime, given that both my grandfather and my father’s generations had to leave their homes behind to seek a free life.

As a sovereign country, we must protect Canada against foreign interference. We cannot yield, we don’t have time to yield, and we don’t have the capital to yield an inch on this issue. We have to stand united and strong in combating foreign interference. Partisan rhetoric only allows hostile states to further their cause in Canada.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/canada-china-foreign-interference-1.6843879