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OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — Canadian taxpayers are out millions of dollars that went to aid universities in Communist China, records show.
An Inquiry of Ministry, which was brought forth in the House of Commons at the request of Conservative MP Lianne Rood, shows that the Department of Foreign Affairs refused to say how much money was given to schools in China.
“The department concluded that producing and validating a comprehensive response to this question would require a collection of information that is not possible in the time allotted and could lead to disclosure of incomplete and misleading information,” the department said.
As noted by Blacklock’s Reporter, over the past five years, $2.5 billion was allocated in foreign aid to schools outside of Canada, with educational grants totaling $1,116,507, including $806,257 for postsecondary campuses, primarily directed to China.
“The department undertook an extensive preliminary search to determine the amount of information that would fall within the scope of the question and prepare a comprehensive response,” the department wrote in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons.
Rood, not happy with the information from the report, asked at a recent meeting, “About Canadian funding for education in developing countries, how much was spent?”
Opposition House leader Andrew Scheer told reporters he is of the view that no money should be going to fund schools in “Communist” China.
“I don’t believe Canadian taxpayers should be sending any money to China,” he said.
“We’re talking about a Communist dictatorial government that abuses human rights, quashes freedoms, violates the rights of its citizens, and has a very aggressive foreign policy throughout the region.”
Scheer called upon the Liberal government of Prime Minister Mark Carney to “stand up for itself, stand up for Canadians, stop being bullied and pushed around on the world stage, especially by China.”
During a 2025 federal election campaign debate, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre called out Carney for his ties to Communist China.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, the Foreign Interference Commission concluded that operatives from China may have had a hand in helping to elect a handful of MPs in both the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections. It also determined that China was the primary foreign interference threat to Canada.
As reported by LifeSiteNews, a new exposé by investigative journalist Sam Cooper has claimed there is compelling evidence that Carney and former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are strongly influenced by an “elite network” of foreign actors, including those with ties to China and the World Economic Forum.
