Chinese Regime Represents ‘Existential Threat’ to Canada, Says Liberal MP

Liberal MP John McKay, chair of the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, waits for the start of a meeting in Ottawa on July 15, 2019. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

The Chinese regime represents an “existential threat” to Canada’s national security, says Liberal MP John McKay, whose comments come amid a flurry of reports that Beijing interfered in Canada’s past two federal elections.

McKay, who chairs the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence, made the comments to reporters in Ottawa on March 8.