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Canadian government uses hundreds of Chinese-made drones, documents reveal

OTTAWA — The Canadian government is using at least 1,600 Chinese-made drones across more than a dozen public service departments with varying security protocols, documents tabled in Parliament show.

The RCMP is the biggest user by far with 1,027 of the drones, but says it has avoided using them in national security operations and will look elsewhere as it prepares to use hundreds of millions of dollars in upcoming funding to expand its fleet.

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