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TD Bank Account Closures Expose Chinese Hybrid Warfare Threat

Chinese hybrid warfare isn’t coming. It’s here, and Canada’s response has been dangerously complacent.
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TD Bank Account Closures Expose Chinese Hybrid Warfare Threat
The TD Bank in Toronto’s financial district on Sept. 20, 2022. The Canadian Press/Alex Lupul
Scott McGregor
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The recent revelation by The Globe and Mail that TD Bank has closed accounts linked to pro-China groups—including those associated with former Liberal MP Han Dong—should not be dismissed as routine risk management. Rather, it is a visible sign of a much deeper and more insidious campaign: a hybrid war being waged by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) across Canada’s political, economic, and digital spheres.

Scott McGregor
Scott McGregor
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Scott McGregor is a former Canadian Armed Forces intelligence operator and intelligence adviser to the RCMP. He is the co-author of “The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party Started a Hybrid War in America’s Backyard.”