Commentary The following is a revised version of a previous column. For decades, high-level Canadian leaders, well-connected elites, and powerful corporations have pushed for closer ties between Canada and China. These closer links have benefited a narrow group of individuals and corporations, while the average Canadian has borne the brunt of the adverse consequences, such as weakened national security and job loss. The Chinese regime has an ambition to become the world’s number one global power, scholars Clive Hamilton and Mareike Ohlberg write in their 2020 book “Hidden Hand.” Its implementation strategy, they say, is to “target elites in the West so that they either welcome China’s dominance or accede to its inevitability, rendering resistance futile.” Canada is one of the countries Beijing has targeted for elite capture for decades. We’re seeing the results of this now, as Ottawa continues to dally in responding to Beijing’s hostilities as the regime …