Epoch Times: Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a senior fellow at the University of Ottawa who also sits on the advisory board of the China Strategic Risks Institute, said the resumed talks raise significant concerns.
“Of particular concern in the context of the ‘Defense Coordination Dialogue’ is the intended role of the PLA-Navy in supporting Chinese shipping and resource development in the Arctic,” she posted Sept. 7 on X, referring to the Chinese regime’s People’s Liberation Army.
“[Canadians need] to know where exactly our guardrails are in this Dialogue. We don’t want a strategic threat (as PM Carney has called China) traversing our waters with military weapons capacity.” During the 2025 election campaign, Carney had said that China is Canada’s top security concern…