Conservative MP Michael Cooper and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino faced off Thursday over the government’s response to so-called Chinese police stations operating on Canadian soil.
But MPs on the procedure and House affairs committee did not ask the head of Canada’s spy agency a single question about Beijing’s meddling in Canadian affairs — despite Canadian Security Intelligence Service director David Vigneault appearing as a witness during an hour-long committee hearing on Parliament Hill Thursday.
In a testy exchange, Cooper pressed Mendicino to explain why Canada hasn’t arrested any officials or expelled any diplomats tied to the handful of police stations China is believed to have operated in Canada.
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