Canada is not a military superpower, and now we know why: The country’s gullible leaders apparently don’t understand that its military operations are supposed to be kept secret from potential enemies of the state.
In a shocking revelation, Canada’s Department of National Defence has confirmed that it allowed communist China’s army onto Canadian soil to observe its winter training exercises in February 2018, the Toronto Sun reported.
The DND claimed that members of the People’s Liberation Army only observed and did not participate in any training — as if that minimizes the potential threat to national security.
“We do not train with the PLA,” a DND rep told the Sun. “However, based on an agreement signed in 2013, there has been the occasional, reciprocal granting of observer-status for non-sensitive activities, including winter survival exercises.”
Canadians might not be as naive as their leaders. A reader poll with the Sun’s article asked, “Should troops from communist China have been invited to observe military operations in Canada?” More than that 97 percent voted “no.”
Because Canada shares more than 5,500 miles of border with the United States, this lapse of military judgment also potentially endangers Americans’ national security.
Tensions have been brewing between Canada and the Chinese Communist Party since December 2018.
Nine days after Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on charges brought by the United States, China retaliated by detaining Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. The “Two Michaels” remain in prison two years later, accused of espionage.
At the time of her arrest, Wanzhou was the chief financial officer of the telecom giant. She’s also the daughter of Huawei’s founder, Chinese billionaire Ren Zhengfei.
