A China expert is warning MPs about security and ethical concerns regarding Canadian universities and institutions engaging in research partnerships with China, underscoring the potential transfer of sensitive technologies to the Chinese military.
“The risk for Canada is that our university scientists could be partnering with civilian scientists or engineers at any university in China, and not be aware that their research is going out the back door to the PLA [the People’s Liberation Army],” said Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a senior fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs of the University of Ottawa.
