Chinese Communist Party propaganda evident in Canada, committee hears

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The federal government is being asked to pass laws stopping the flow of Chinese Communist Party propaganda within Canada’s Chinese-Canadian community.

Victor Ho, of Richmond, B.C. — the former editor of Canada’s largest Chinese-language daily Sing Tao Daily — told MPs that foreigners are using “identity politics” to brainwash Canadians, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

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“Our government could take a look at how foreign agents or diplomats have such interference,” Ho said at the Commons Special Committee on Canada-China Relations.

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Ho referred to a July 23 speech by China’s Consul General Tong Xiaoling on Vancouver radio station CHMB-AM, in which Tong insisted unidentified Canadian activists were “trying to intimidate people who truly care about Hong Kong.

“People in both Hong Kong and locally have been maliciously denigrating and sabotaging Hong Kong’s national security legislation,” said Tong. “They also try to create divisions in the ethnic Chinese community and sabotage China-Canada relations.”

Ho noted radio commentator Thomas Leung stepped down in 2019 from Vancouver radio station CJVB-AM when complaints were made he broadcast support of Hong Kong cracking down on pro-democracy demonstrators.

“I would like the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission to investigate such cases for the sake of protecting the proper interests of Canada,” said Ho. “We need to safeguard that Chinese communities are not being infiltrated.”

Those testifying at the committee have asked for federal legislation that requires all lobbyists to publicly disclose if they’re acting on behalf of foreign governments.