The foreign interference panic sweeping Canadian media and politics reflects US power and racism. The frenzy has already led to dangerous new legislation.
The Canadian institutions most strongly connected to the US are leading the China interference scare. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and Communications Security Establishment (CSE) have pushed the fearmongering in the face of discomfort from many among Canada’s corporate elite. Through the US, UK, New Zealand and Australia “Five Eyes” CSE and CSIS are deeply integrated with their US counterparts in an intelligence sharing alliance driving hostility towards China. Months before Canada’s 2018 arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, which spurred a downward slide in relations with China, Five Eyes officials agreed to contain the growth of China’s first global technology powerhouse.
Deeply integrated with their US counterparts, the Canadian military is keen to join the conflict with China. They’ve pushed to send regular naval patrols and set up a base in the region. Last year the chief of the defence staff suggested China saw itself “at war” with Canada and its allies.
Beyond the ‘security’ establishment, Canada’s arms industry has pushed conflict with China. Arms makers and their lobby, the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries, have sponsored a slew of forums critical of China. One reason the US signed the Defence Production Sharing Agreement, which grants Canadian firms unique access to bid on US military contracts, was to turn them into advocates for a pro-US military and foreign policy. (more...)
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