The United States and Canada should cooperate more closely on taking legislative action and exposing Chinese interference to reduce Beijing’s threat, Conservative MP Michael Chong told a U.S. commission. Mr. Chong, who’s been personally affected by Beijing’s attempts to meddle in Canadian politics, was in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 12 to testify before the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. The long-serving MP told U.S. House representatives, senators, and administration officials about his personal experience and provided an overview of the different ways the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) tries to interfere in Canada, such as running illegal police stations, using Chinese international students for repression, and the dissemination of propaganda through the media....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/better-cooperation-needed-to-tackle-beijings-interference-mp-chong-tells-us-lawmakers-5490301
A China analyst who co-wrote a report exposing China’s secret police stations worldwide says Canada has taken limited action to protect affected communities targeted by Beijing, a year after the report was published. “Canada has taken very few steps in establishing a system for affected communities to safely and easily reach out to law enforcement,” said Peter Dahlin, director of Safeguard Defenders and co-author of its 2022 report. Spain-based NGO Safeguard Defenders published the report “110 Overseas: Chinese Transnational Policing Gone Wild” last September. This report detailed cases where the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) employed coercive tactics to compel the return of Chinese diaspora, including political dissidents, back to the country.... 
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China holds a hearing at 10 a.m. ET, Sept. 12, on the transnational repression campaign that China’s ruling Chinese Communist Party engaged in, harassing diaspora communities and regime critics, specifically Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Tibetans, and others from suppressed groups in China. Witnesses: Panel 1 Michael Chong, member of Canadian Parliament, Wellington-Halton Hills Panel 2 Yana Gorokhovskaia, research director for strategy and design, Freedom House Laura Harth, campaign director, Safeguard Defenders Rushan Abbas, founder and executive director, Campaign for Uyghurs ...