Ban Chinese State-Owned Companies from Investment in Canada, Says China Expert

A Nexen oil sands facility near Fort McMurray, Canada, is seen in this aerial photograph on July 10, 2012. Nexen was sold to China's CNOOC Ltd. in December 2012. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

One of Canada’s top China experts is calling for a moratorium on investment in Canada by Chinese state-owned enterprises, citing major economic and security concerns. 

Charles Burton is an associate professor of political science at Brock University, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Centre for Advancing Canada’s Interests Abroad, and former counsellor at the Canadian embassy in Beijing.