By: Alexandra Yan Background In June 2024, the Countering Foreign Interference Act—also known as Bill C-70—was passed by the Canadian Parliament and approved by the Governor General. Included within this act is the Foreign Influence Transparency Registry in Canada, which mandates the establishment of a statutory body led by an independent commissioner. This body […]
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By José Medina Racial Violence and the Multiple Faces of Racial Oppression What makes violence a face of oppression is less about the particular acts themselves—though these are often utterly horrific—than the social context surrounding them, which makes such acts possible and even acceptable. What makes violence a phenomenon of social injustice, rather than merely
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Written by: Nury Vittachi Canada’s authorities are refusing to allow a Hong Kong SAR-based western man to return home, even though he is undergoing cancer treatment and his family is in the city on the southern coast of China. But anti-Chinese hysteria fostered by Canada’s spy agency is now so extreme that Canadians of different
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Senior Interpreter, Indigenous Languages Interpretation Multilingual Interpretation and Accessible Communications Service to Parliament and Interpretation Translation Bureau, Public Services and Procurement Canada Honorable Commissioner and Members of the Commission on Foreign Interference, My name is Marianne Situ, I am the Senior Interpreter for Indigenous Languages Interpretation at Translation Bureau, Public Services and Procurement Canada. As
By Ivan Pak In recent years, Sam Cooper has become a well-known figure in Canadian journalism, particularly for his reports focusing on China and alleged ties between Chinese entities and activities within Canada. While investigative journalism plays a vital role in uncovering truths and holding power to account, Cooper’s body of work often seems to
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August 11, 2024 Foreign Interference Commission Via email: consultation@pifi-epie.gc.ca Re. Submission to the Foreign Interference Commission Dear Commission Members, My name is Jonathan Dai. I am 69 years old. I am a Canadian citizen having resided, studied and worked in Canada for a total or 39 years by now. During my
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To whom it may concern, My name is Cynthia Shi, and I have been living in Canada for over 21 years. Multiculturalism is what motivated me to immigrate to Canada, and I treat Canada as MY country. From my perspective, the purpose of the multiculturalism is to make Canada a beautiful garden, in which different plants
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Foreign Interference Commission, thank you for receiving the truthful information from the community. I submit this statement on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) made an irresponsible public announcement in 2023 that the Service à la Famille Chinoise du Grand Montréal and the Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud were under investigation by the Integrated National
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Foreign Interference Commission, thank you for receiving the truthful information from the community. We submit this statement on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) made an irresponsible public announcement in 2023, that the Service à la Famille Chinoise du Grand Montréal and the Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud were under investigation by the Integrated
To： Consultation Committee of C70 ( Honorable Marie-Josée Hogue and counsel of the commission of the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions ) We have thoroughly examined the content of the “Foreign Interference (C70)” bill. On the surface, it appears unproblematic. As Canadian citizens, we have a duty to