Canada’s Silent Compromise: How Fear of Election Repercussions Protects Chinese Interference

As Canadians prepare to cast their votes in the upcoming election, there remains a conspicuous silence echoing through the chambers of power and on campaign trails alike: the problem of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in Canada. It is not a question of whether this influence exists, but rather how deeply it has embedded itself—and why few seem willing to speak about it.

Having spent decades in intelligence and security, and through the research presented in “The Mosaic Effect,” the book I co-authored, I’ve seen firsthand how Beijing uses sophisticated non-military tools—what we now define as hybrid warfare—to infiltrate and influence democratic institutions. At the core of this strategy is the United Front Work Department, an agency of the CCP that specializes in co-opting elites, manipulating diaspora communities, and shaping foreign policy in target nations. ---More...