Christian Leuprecht, a political science professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, believes that the Chinese spy balloon that was found trespassing North American airspace last month was meant to test the response capability of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD).
“Beijing’s espionage and interference are now the single greatest threat to Canada’s democratic way of life. The PRC is intense, in control of Canadian critical minerals, and is actively running influence campaigns over resource development. Balloons and election interference are merely the latest episode in a long list of hostile hybrid warfare efforts perpetrated by the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] against Canada,” Leuprecht told the House Canada–China committee on March 20….