China views Canada as a 'high priority' for interference: CSIS report

China sees Canada as a "high-priority target" and employs "incentives and punishment" as part of a vast influence network directed at legislators, business executives and diaspora communities in this country, according to a top-secret intelligence assessment from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. The CSIS report is an overview of Chinese government foreign interference in Canada, ranging from investigating a Conservative MP's relatives in China to harassing a mainland Chinese student in Canada who publicly supported Hong Kong's democracy movement. The report warned that Beijing is the "foremost perpetrator" of foreign interference in Canada. Its agents are unconcerned about repercussions, the…