Beijing a Bigger Threat to Canada’s Freedom Than Many Realize: China Scholar

A police officer stands guard outside the Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, on Sept. 1, 2025. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images

China is a more serious threat to Canada’s freedom and prosperity than many patriotic Canadians realize, says Charles Burton, China scholar and senior fellow of the Sinopsis think tank.

“I believe strongly that the significance of how Canada engages with China’s integrated business, military, Communist Party autocracy is more critical to whether or not we can reclaim Canada than most patriotic Canadians realize,” Burton said during a Sept. 21 panel as part of the 2025 Reclaiming Conference organized by We Unify in Calgary.