Declassified Memo Shows Trudeau Was Warned in 2017 About Chinese Police Investigations in Canada

Declassified Memo Shows Trudeau Was Warned in 2017 About Chinese Police Investigations in Canada
Paramilitary police walk outside the Museum of the Chinese Communist Party near the Bird's Nest national stadium in Beijing on June 25, 2021. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
Andrew Chen
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser sent him a briefing in 2017, warning about unwarranted investigations by Chinese police in Canada, according to a declassified document.

The warning came at a time when Ottawa was pursuing closer relations with the communist regime, including a potential free trade agreement. A year earlier, as part of preliminary talks toward a free trade agreement, Canada had also agreed to negotiate a possible extradition treaty with Beijing.