Until China starts openly threatening canada’s sovreignty, they will be a better friend than the US.

This will last until interference becomes so egregious and corrosive that it’s impossible to ignore.

The US government has been meeting with Canadian seperatists and that is already impossible to ignore. Is Chinese interference going to be more profound than that?

the CCP is directing espionage and foreign interference operations throughout western democracies, and Canada is a particular target

The US government has been spying on it’s allies for decades. At least china doesn’t pretend to be our friend while they do it.

“the Party’s weapon that it uses to expand control and influence without force.”

Sounds preferable to open threats of military invasion.

I have no idea. The only article I’ve seen claiming it so far is from a media outlet with about the same amount of credibility as a monkey with a typewriter.

presstv.ir has some of the worst ratings I’ve ever seen on mediabiasfactcheck:

Questionable Reasoning: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Poor Sourcing, Fake News, Antisemitism

Bias Rating: RIGHT

MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank:TOTAL OPPRESSION

Factual Reporting: LOW