When Canada does not expel Chinese spies operating within the country, it signals to China and the United States that Canada is “open territory” for Chinese infiltration, says Charles Burton, a China scholar and senior fellow of the Sinopsis think tank.
“We’re not expelling people that I believe CSIS knows are espionage agents,” Burton told MPs as he testified before the House of Commons procedure and house affairs committee on Nov. 27.
Burton said Canada expelled Zhao Wei, a Chinese diplomat who reportedly targeted Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family, in 2023, after the media exposed Wei’s actions.
“I just don’t want any Chinese spies to be operating freely in our country,” Burton said….