Nearly 70% of Canadians Believe Ottawa is ‘Afraid to Stand Up’ to Beijing: Survey

Nearly 70% of Canadians Believe Ottawa is ‘Afraid to Stand Up’ to Beijing: Survey
Chinese police officers stand guard outside the Canadian embassy in Beijing on Dec. 10, 2018. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images
Peter Wilson
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Nearly 70 percent of Canadians believe the federal government is “afraid to stand up” to Beijing amid mounting evidence that the Chinese regime interfered in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections, says a new survey.

Conducted by the Angus Reid Institute, the survey found those who said they voted for the Conservatives in the last election were most likely to say Ottawa feared Beijing (91 percent), followed by 78 percent of past Bloc Québécois voters, 62 percent of NDP voters, and 46 percent of Liberal voters.