Tag: VFS Global

‘Not Concerned’: Garneau on Canadian Visa-Application Centres in China Owned by CCP-Affiliated Company

June 9, 2021
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Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said he’s not worried that a Beijing-linked visa application company that the Canadian government has contracted will result in the personal data of applicants falling into the hands of Chinese authorities as security protocols have been put in place. “We are not concerned about VFS Global in China,” Garneau told…

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Federal Government Refuses to Produce Unredacted Records on Scientists Fired From Infectious-Disease Lab

June 8, 2021
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The federal government has refused to comply with an order the House passed last week that demands the release of all unredacted documents regarding the firing of two Chinese scientists from the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg to the Commons Committee on Canada-China (CACN), instead sending the documents to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of…

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Opposition MPs Question Use of CCP-Affiliated Contractor to Run Canada’s Visa Centre in Beijing

March 11, 2021
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Canada’s immigration minister said he is confident that there are no security concerns about allowing a company owned by the Chinese police to manage Canada’s visa application centre in Beijing, despite calls from opposition MPs to cancel the contract. VFS Global, the company that manages the Canadian visa application worldwide, uses a subcontractor—Beijing Shuangxiong Foreign…

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China a Main Source of Fentanyl Fuelling Opioid Crisis Killing Canadians, Public Safety Minister Says

February 26, 2021
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China is one of the main manufacturers of fentanyl and plays a key role in the current overdose crisis in Canada, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told a parliamentary committee on Feb. 25. “It’s no secret that China is one of the main source countries of fentanyl, as well as the precursor chemicals used to…

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Canada’s Visa Centres with Built-In CCP Organs Have No Data Security Breaches: VFS Global

February 22, 2021
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VFS Global, a technology service company that manages Canada’s visa application process abroad, said it is able to ensure the security of personal data received in China, amid growing concerns about a visa centre in Beijing run by a Chinese government agency. VFS representatives told the House Committee on Citizenship and Immigration on Monday that the…

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