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The Canadian government has been tracking Chinese government efforts to influence Canada since at least 1986. [2] These overseas influence operations have allegedly risen to the extent that they represent an alarming security threat to the United States, who conducted a secret probe into the issue in the 1990s, according to former Canadian and US intelligence officials. [3]
Canada has criticized the Chinese government over issues such as the oppression of Uyghurs in China, the crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong, allegedly unfair trade practices, and espionage and intimidation activities in Canada. [4] In 2022, Canada referred to China as "disruptive" in its official Indo-Pacific strategy document. [5] [6]
In May, the House of Commons passed a non-binding motion calling on the government to expel Chinese diplomats involved in interference. [74] The motion also called on the government to establish a public inquiry and a foreign agent registry, and to force the closure of Chinese police stations operating in Canada. [75]
This could disproportionately favour Chinese investors in Canada because China places more onerous requirements on foreign investors for the registration and approval of new enterprises than does Canada, [8] and because government screening in China involves numerous levels of bureaucracy for new companies. [9]: 12 and 48
Canada and China established resident diplomatic missions in 1971, and it led to a series of diplomatic successes in the west. The People's Republic of China joined the United Nations in 1971, [30] replacing the international legitimacy previously held by the Kuomintang Government of the Republic of China on the island of Taiwan.
It was acquired by Sinopec for C$8.27 billion in June 2009 and approved by the Chinese government on August 12 that year. ATI Technologies: Advanced Micro Devices: United States: ATI was Canada's graphics chip maker, acquired by Advanced Micro Devices in July 2006. Canadian Pacific Hotels: Colony Capital, LLC and Kingdom Holding Co.
Canada plans to impose tariffs on a slew of Chinese products from as early as next year, the government's fiscal update showed, as part of its wider investigation into imports from the country.
Canada Elections Act, 2000; Canada National Parks Act, 2000; Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act, 2000; Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, 2000; Canada Foundation for Sustainable Development Technology Act, 2001; Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2001; Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist ...