Former CIA Director Warns of Deep CCP Infiltration in Canada, Calls Pivot Toward China ‘Misguided’

Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a fireside chat with Conservative MP Shuvaloy Majumdar during the annual Canada Strong and Free Network in Ottawa, on May 7, 2026. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

OTTAWA—Former U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo warned audience members at an Ottawa conference that agents of the Chinese regime have so thoroughly infiltrated Canada that they could be in attendance at the event.

“I can’t see very much out there, but I will bet you that there are Chinese Communist Party affiliated people in this room today,” Pompeo told attendees of the Canada Strong and Free Conference on May 7.