Ottawa’s recent agreement with Beijing on law enforcement cooperation involves the Chinese ministry that operated secret police stations across Canada, according to a former national director with the RCMP.
Garry Clement, former national director of the RCMP’s proceeds-of-crime program, testified on the issue on March 12 before the House of Commons international trade committee which is examining Canada’s trade relations with China.
He was asked by Conservative MP Michael Cooper whether the government’s agreement on law enforcement cooperation between the RCMP and China’s Ministry of Public Security involves the same Chinese ministry that was involved in “operating several illegal police stations in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver to spy, harass, intimidate, and coerce diaspora communities.”…