The Chinese Consulate in Vancouver asked the province in 2014 to give to a Vancouver-based NGO the driver’s licences of Chinese nationals who had surrendered them in exchange for B.C. licences, according to internal government documents.
The revelation comes amid heightened scrutiny of China’s overseas operations after reports emerged that the communist regime is operating unofficial police service stations abroad.
In 2012, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) sent a letter to several countries’ consulates informing them that their nationals were required to surrender the driver’s licenses issued by their home country upon receiving a B.C. licence. The letter said ICBC would securely destroy the surrendered licences, but also offered the consulates the option of having the original licences returned to their “home licensing authority.”…