Chinese dissidents are demanding the Canadian government immediately take action following news that Xi Jinping’s communist regime opened police stations in Canada to do Beijing’s dirty work.
During a Tuesday hearing of Canada–People’s Republic of China Relationship committee, MPs were told Ottawa must introduce legislation to list Chinese police acting on Canadian soil as foreign agents.
Co-founder and trustee of Hong Kong Watch, Aileen Calverley, said she’s “frightened” because there are Chinese police where she lives in Milton, Ontario.
“What would you expect from the Canadian government as a response,” asked NDP MP Heather McPherson.
Calverley said the revelation “is very shocking news.”
“Actually, quite a few have opened up in Ontario and one in Markham where I live. The Chinese agents have been around, I think openly,” the dissident said.
“They are openly doing that because there is no legislation, nothing to deter them, nothing to punish them. They can intimidate people like us. I’ve been living in Canada for many decades. Now, I feel frightened.”
A recent investigation found at least three stations established in Canada. Despite claims that officers are positioned to help Chinese citizens file paperwork, the stations have led to international arrests and forced some to return to their home countries to face prosecution.
Calverley claimed that if Chinese police want to act like foreign agents on Canadian soil, they should legally be treated as such.
“Canada should have some new legislation because as police from China they should be (considered) agents. They’re government officials, right,” Calverley said.
“They cannot just open offices in Canada. They claim that they just help Chinese citizens to renew their passport, but they don’t need that — they have their own embassy.”
“They use that actually to intimidate the Chinese, and to scare them into going back to China to face trial and then threaten their families. But now with the police station they can intimidate people like us. I’ve been living in Canada for many decades and now I feel frightened.”
