Carney helps Chinese interference make a comeback: Full Comment podcast

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All the hostage-taking, election meddling and spy rings are being swept aside by a Liberal prime minister who, like the last one, seems only too eager to cozy up to China. That’s what Brian Lilley discusses with Charles Burton, former diplomat to China, and author of the new book, “The Beaver and the Dragon: How China Out-Manoeuvred Canada’s Diplomacy, Security, and Sovereignty.” Burton points out the alarming way Prime Minister Mark Carney has obligingly adopted Beijing’s spin on bilateral relations, even as the Communists continue to harm Canada, including with tariffs on agriculture. Chinese President Xi Jinping has succeeded in “subordinating” Carney, Burton says, while the dictator revs up more subversion and undermines what Burton believes is now the most Chinese-infiltrated country in the western world: ours. (Recorded Dec. 5, 2025.)