What Is Foreign Influence in Canada?

Either Beijing has corrupted our democracy at the highest level or agents in the Canadian security apparatus are subverting the PMO by illegally leaking information that's either mistaken, exaggerated or both. Both scenarios are troubling. And the national crime spree that we can’t legally talk much about - youth crime & reporting bans.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor & Technical Producer), Annette Ejiofor (Managing Editor)

Guest: Joanna Chiu

Further reading: 

• Liberal MP Han Dong secretly advised Chinese diplomat in 2021 to delay freeing Two Michaels: sources - Global News
• Think you understand ‘foreign influence’? Here’s a guide to the scandal shaking Canadian politics - Toronto Star
• Chinese interference in Canada? Chinese Canadians say they reported it for years — and were ignored - Toronto Star
• China’s Vancouver consulate interfered in 2022 municipal election, according to CSIS - Globe and Mail
• China Unbound: A New World Disorder - Joanna Chiu
• New Brunswick patients call on government to reopen investigation into cluster of neurological conditions - Globe and Mail 
• Two months in youth court: An inside look at the Toronto teen swarming murder case - Toronto Star
• Mother decries 'senseless' fatal stabbing of son outside Vancouver coffee shop - CBC

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