Chinese groups sue RCMP
Two Chinese groups in Montreal were named last year by the RCMP as effectively being illegal police stations for the government of mainland China. Now the groups and their director are launching a defamation suit against the Mounties.
DeWolf 22:43 on 2024-03-06 Permalink
I’m not sure about the other one, but the Chinese Family Service being labelled as a “Chinese police station” has had a devastating impact. They may lose the building they bought (the former Chinese cultural centre), they have been forced to end francisation classes, their support for elderly people and new immigrants has been curtailed. And of course no charges were ever brought against them.
China certainly maintains clandestine activities in Canada, as do many other countries, but CFS has been around for decades, it’s not a fly-by-night operation that popped out of nowhere.
Kate 10:19 on 2024-03-07 Permalink
I had no idea such a lot of damage had been done. Thanks for clarifying.
bob 16:08 on 2024-03-07 Permalink
The government attitude toward this targets a mechanism used by bad actors instead of the bad actors themselves. It’s like when police shut down a bar because some drug dealer made it his storefront. It does nothing to stop the crime, and punishes everyone else.
The problem seems to stem from a deeper problem in Canadian intelligence being extremely politicized. They guard their assets so closely that they allow activities that the use of these assets is supposed to prevent. If there wasn’t such a general culture of secrecy in government we might look into how the RCMP, the various intelligence services, Global, Affairs, and the rest of the government interact, but as it stands the whole thing is a black box, with no meaningful public oversight.