Nearly 80 percent of the RCMP’s aerial surveillance fleet has been deemed a national security risk due to its Chinese origins.
By yourNEWS Media Newsroom
Canada’s national police force spent $34 million on surveillance drones now classified as high-risk security threats after it was revealed they were manufactured under the control of China’s Communist government. An internal Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) report to the Senate national security committee showed that 973 of the force’s 1,228 drones were Chinese-made, accounting for nearly 79 percent of the fleet.
The RCMP acknowledged that Chinese suppliers “are currently identified as high security risks primarily due to their country of origin, data handling practices, supply chain integrity and potential vulnerability.”
In 2023, the RCMP issued a directive limiting use of these drones to “non-sensitive operations,” with all collected data stored offline. The report added that “drones identified as having a high security risk are prohibited from use in emergency response team activities involving sensitive tactics or protected locations, VIP protective policing operations, or border integrity operations or investigations conducted in collaboration with U.S. federal agencies.”
Despite this, the RCMP recently announced plans to expand its drone use for border security. Replacement models—free of Chinese parts—cost between $31,000 and $35,000 per unit, more than double the price of the original aircraft.
During a Senate hearing, Senator Claude Carignan questioned the force’s procurement practices, asking, “Can you reassure us about how national security considerations are taken into account in procurement, especially since tens of billions of dollars have been announced for procurement? I want to make sure national security considerations are taken into account.”
The revelation is particularly striking given the RCMP’s own earlier warning that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operatives were targeting Canadian universities to shape political discourse and intimidate faculty, as reported by LifeSiteNews.
A final report from the Foreign Interference Commission concluded that China was the “primary foreign interference threat” to Canada and may have helped elect several Members of Parliament during the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
Concerns over Beijing’s reach have only deepened under the leadership of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who once expressed admiration for China’s “basic dictatorship.” One senator appointed by Trudeau went so far as to tell Chinese officials that their country was a “partner, not a rival,” according to LifeSiteNews.
Further, investigative journalist Sam Cooper reported evidence that Trudeau and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney have close ties to a global network connected to the World Economic Forum and Chinese interests. Although Carney later distanced himself from Beijing, he said in 2016 that China’s “perspective” was “one of its many strengths.”
Carney has also promoted abortion and LGBT-related initiatives, adding to the public unease surrounding elite entanglements with foreign and ideological agendas.
The RCMP’s reliance on Chinese-made drones now stands as a potent symbol of Canada’s ongoing struggle to safeguard national security from foreign infiltration—an expensive reminder of how strategic negligence can compromise both sovereignty and trust.
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