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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

The same thing is true for the US (who, while more similar to us, are still so far from our way of life that a documentary on "what if the US invaded Canada" could be made by a leading US media outlet).

The same thing is true for Russia.

The same thing is true for India.

The problem is that we are focusing SPECIFICALLY on Chinese foreign interference because it's an easy target to point at. We are under threat by many different countries around the world because of our massive swathes of natural resources and our tendency to somehow produce technologies that no one can compete with (Blackberry, Nortel (milked by Huawei), Bombardier (completely fucked over by Boeing through the US DOJ)).

We need better protection against all foreign interference. Attacking a boogeyman today is just leaving us vulnerable to everything else. It's harming our international reputation and it's doing very little to actually protect Canadian democracy or the economy.