A Western Australian city is considering severing its sister-city relationship with its Chinese counterpart amid concerns that Beijing is using the ties for foreign interference. On July 12, Albany city councillor Thomas Brough sent a notice of motion, calling on Albany to terminate its sister city relationship with Linyi City, Shandong Province in China, which…

The federal Conservatives have introduced a motion in the House of Commons calling on the Liberal government to immediately take action on a number of measures involving Beijing’s alleged interference activities in Canada, including one Chinese diplomat reportedly targeting an MP and his family. The motion, put forth by Conservative MP Michael Cooper on May…

An intelligence expert with hands-on experience in countering threats from hostile state actors told MPs Canada doesn’t need a public inquiry into foreign interference, rather it needs a completely new independent body with powers to arrest and prosecute those involved. Michel Juneau-Katsuya, a former manager with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), presented the idea…

Commentary The trickle of information on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in Canadian affairs has turned into a torrent. Current and former intelligence officials are coming out and reporting a pattern of government indifference to CCP interference in domestic affairs that spans back decades. Governments and political leaders have managed to ignore the problem with…

While Canada and Australia have received similar intelligence that China is interfering in all levels of government, a new study says Canberra took actions to push back while Canadian political leaders “did not act” and allowed Chinese interference to flourish. “In Ottawa, intelligence agencies reportedly found in 2017 that the CCP was interfering at ‘all…

While Canada and Australia have received similar intelligence that China is interfering at all levels of government, a new study says Canberra took action while Canadian political leaders “did not act” and allowed the interference to flourish. “In Ottawa, intelligence agencies reportedly found in 2017 that the CCP was interfering at ‘all levels of government’….

Ontario MPP Vincent Ke says he is resigning from the governing Progressive Conservative caucus after allegations that he is part of China’s election interference network in Canada, which he denies. A March 10 report by Global News citing intelligence reports and unnamed sources says that Ke served as a “financial intermediary” in China’s interference networks…

Former Conservative MP Kenny Chiu says he and others with different political convictions in B.C.’s Asian community are all united in one aim: to end Beijing’s interference in Canada. Sharing an article on Twitter from the Chinese edition of The Epoch Times—which featured interviews from himself, as well as Hong Kong commentator Gabriel Yiu and Civic…

Two candidates for council elections in Sydney have said that pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) groups are maligning them after an unofficial leaflet campaign designed to scare Australian Chinese voters was uncovered. The unauthorised leaflets were distributed in the Ryde Council area of Sydney targeting ethnically Chinese voters, and call for people to support candidates Bin…