"When I look... at the subtle but intense influence of China on Canadian institutions — parliaments, provincial governments, local governments, universities, the intellectual community, the policy community — it makes me deadly worried," said Australian professor Clive Hamilton, author of Hidden Hand: Exposing How the Chinese Communist Party is Reshaping the World (co-authored by Mareike Ohlberg), speaking to Canada's National Post in 2019. "I've met some very well-informed Canadians who aren't sure Canada will be able to extricate itself from this situation."
Hamilton, who "blew the whistle on Australia says Canada is in even worse trouble."
"I was pretty dismayed at the extent of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in the federal Parliament. I should probably not say any more to stay on the right side of the libel laws... My response is to ask what are the authorities doing about this...? I think that's the real measure of China's influence."
Four years later and Canadian authorities are doing little to nothing about China's interference in Canada. Despite leaked intelligence reports about Chinese interference in Canada's last two federal elections in 2019 and 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has refused to hold a public probe into the matter.
According to Tasha Kheiriddin, a Canadian political columnist, the passivity of Trudeau's Liberal Party is "permitting China to colonize Canada."
"The erosion of our sovereignty by foreign powers, notably the Chinese communist government, contributes to many... problems. On housing: Chinese money laundering inflated Canadian property values for decades and helped push home ownership out of reach for today's buyers. On drug addiction: China is the main source country of fentanyl found in Canada, paving the way for thousands of overdose deaths. On the economy: China has targeted a host of Canadian industries for control, from lobsters to lithium."
According to Hamilton, the CCP has a hold on Canadian elites, which explains why China's interference is allowed to continue in Canada.
"The CCP's basic strategy of overseas influence and interference is to capture elites in politics, business, media, think tanks, universities, and cultural institutions. It deploys a range of techniques including flattery, financial inducement, exploitation of anti-racist and anti-American sentiment, bribery, and honey traps... Key figures in the Liberal Party have long historical ties to the CCP, not least through business connections..."
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