
Chinese electric vehicles present risks for Canadians who are critical of Beijing, as the vehicles are capable of sending camera, microphone, and location data back to China, a former senior government official told MPs.
Margaret McCuaig-Johnston, a China expert and senior fellow at the University of Ottawa, told MPs on the House of Commons international trade committee on March 12 that Chinese-made vehicles include software from the Chinese technology company Baidu, which collects data from the vehicles and transmits it back to China.








A man who was deported last month for suspected involvement in extortion crimes had been in Canada on a study permit. He was believed to have fired several shots earlier this year at a Surrey home from a Jeep Wrangler, federal records show.