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Why America Must Defend Itself From The China-Canada Alliance

China’s infiltration of Canada has become dangerously widespread, presenting a major threat, and the U.S. has every reason to reevaluate its policies toward its northern neighbor.

Janet Levy | March 11, 2026

Last week, The Bureau revealed that in 2020, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) visited a lab belonging to Bobby Shah, also known as Bahman Djebelibak, a Vancouver businessman sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for links to a Chinese drug syndicate. Worse, a senior RCMP officer emailed Shah a recipe for fentanyl production.

Shah’s company, Valerian Labs, is the only Western node connected to a Chinese fentanyl trafficking network. However, it remains unclear whether the RCMP is investigating Shah or plans to file charges. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which has been monitoring Shah since 2023, has criticized the RCMP for stonewalling.

Questions have naturally arisen about Canada’s efforts to combat narcotics, especially involving China. The Shah case highlights Canada’s complicated connection with communist China, partly stemming from a history of anti-American sentiment. Becoming a trading partner with China was viewed as a way to lessen economic reliance on the U.S., reduce its influence on foreign policy, and discover new markets.

But any effort to create a new national identity that overlooks geography, history, and inherent ideology is risky. Especially when cozying up to communist China, which aims for global dominance with clear focus, long-term strategy, and sneaky execution.

In Under Assault: Interference and Espionage in China’s Secret War Against Canada, Dennis Molinaro, a former Canadian national security analyst, uses recently declassified documents to detail China’s covert operations in Canada: interference in politics and policy, espionage, theft of intellectual property, and suppression of Chinese immigrants.

It all started in 1968 when Pierre Trudeau, a sympathizer of communism, became prime minister. He was targeted even before taking office: he first visited China in 1949, the year the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) won the civil war, and again in 1960 with journalist........

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