Ottawa’s China Police Agreement Is With Same Organization Behind Secret Police Stations in Canada

Paramilitary police walk outside the Museum of the Chinese Communist Party near the Birds Nest national stadium in Beijing on June 25, 2021. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images

Ottawa’s recent agreement with Beijing on law enforcement cooperation involves the Chinese ministry that operated secret police stations across Canada, according to a former national director with the RCMP.

Garry Clement, former national director of the RCMP’s proceeds-of-crime program, testified on the issue on March 12 before the House of Commons international trade committee which is examining Canada’s trade relations with China.