The federal government needs to develop a confidential system for reporting transnational repression to help curb Beijing’s intimidation of people in Canada, a former head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) says.
Former CSIS director Richard Fadden said people targeted by foreign governments, including Beijing, may be afraid to make formal complaints, leaving authorities without the information they need to respond.
Fadden said that, during his time in government, some people were willing to discuss their experiences privately with him but were reluctant to make a formal complaint.
“People were happy to talk to me about it, but they were not prepared to do it formally, because they were worried,” Fadden said in an interview with Epoch Times sister media NTD at the Vancouver International Security Summit on Oct. 28….