00:00:00.320Canadians driving those cars could be turned away at the border if they're classified as prohibited.
00:00:07.400But industry experts say Chinese manufacturers are only looking to Canada as a gateway.0.67
00:00:13.320It's like a rehearse to come to Canada because their real goal is to, of course, enter the United States.
00:00:20.980But the Chinese EVs have faced pushback and even calls for the cars to be banned from sensitive sites like military bases.
00:00:27.080Many experts have privacy and national security concerns about the kind of data the cars can
00:00:32.620collect and potentially share with the Chinese government. All cars are computers on wheels
00:00:38.400and they're massive computing devices and by law in China this state has access to that data.
00:00:47.720It doesn't mean they will access the data but it means they can should they choose to. All we're
00:00:52.320doing is just making this worse for us down the road. The first of 50,000 Chinese EVs have arrived0.98
00:00:59.160at a reduced tariff rate. And then those vehicles are used to spy on China's adversaries like the0.95
00:01:04.360United States, Canada, Europe and other countries. This had been an investigation that had been going
00:01:10.140on for a while into countries and what they do to make sure that forced labor products are not
00:01:16.660bought or sold into their countries. There were different kind of classifications. Canada was in
00:01:22.400a group that said that they had provisions to deal with forced labor, but were not effectively
00:01:27.780implementing them. Of course, that is related to the current USMCA, as Donald Trump likes to call
00:01:33.600it, the Canada-US-Mexico free trade agreement, where there are provisions about forced labor.
00:01:37.560Because of that, the US trade representative is proposing that there be a 10% tariff on Canada.
00:01:43.280Chinese EVs are rolling into Canadian ports and reopening a debate about security.
00:01:49.840All we're doing is just making this worse for us down the road.
00:01:54.000The first of 50,000 Chinese EVs have arrived at a reduced tariff rate.
00:01:59.600In exchange, China lowered its punishing levies on Canadian canola and other products.
00:02:05.120It's all part of Ottawa's rapprochement with Beijing.
00:02:08.220In this world, yes, it's the second largest economy, but you need to have a dialogue with China.
00:02:16.520A memo obtained by the Canadian press warns opening the auto market could amplify the presence of high-risk vendors.
00:02:24.020It says connected vehicles collect significant amounts of data on Canadians, which can have intelligence value.
00:02:31.640Ontario's premier, seeking to protect his province's auto sector, has slammed the deal.
00:02:37.020I think I've been very clear how I feel about bringing in Chinese spy vehicles.
00:02:42.380The memo also warns that under China's national security laws,
00:02:46.340the PRC could compel manufacturers to hand over information.
00:02:51.020The potential eyes and ears of the PRC.
00:02:53.360This former intelligence officer testified before Parliament about the risks
00:02:57.960and warns Canada is sending mixed signals to consumers considering buying these cheaper alternatives.
00:03:04.160I think there's been a bit of an underlying lack of talking about the issues surrounding this technology and how it could be used against Canadian interests.
00:03:14.820In the United States, Democratic senators from Michigan, the heart of the U.S. auto industry, are leading a bipartisan effort to tighten a crackdown on Chinese EVs.
00:03:25.020If the U.S. were to ban Chinese connected vehicles from entry, the impact would also be felt here.
00:03:32.100Canadians driving those cars could be turned away at the border if they're classified as prohibited.
00:03:38.560For example, electric vehicles are formidable. They're undeniable.
00:03:43.780These are the most affordable and energy efficient and innovative vehicles in the world.
00:03:49.340Because they're heavily subsidized by communist China.
00:03:51.520We have to build our own competitive EV sector.
00:03:55.140We need to learn from, partner with and access and build supply chains.
00:04:00.780Cheap slave labor? To help deliver on the full potential of these partnerships and to bring down
00:04:06.920costs for Canadians, we're going to start by allowing up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles
00:04:13.600into the Canadian market at the most favored nation tariff rate, which is 6.1%. So he's
00:04:21.540praising the fact that China makes the cheapest electric vehicles in the world, which no wonder
00:04:26.780those vehicles are heavily subsidized by the chinese communist party and they also have0.85
00:04:31.980basically slave labor out there the people that work in those factories don't get paid nearly as
00:04:36.620much as they should and then those vehicles are used to spy on china's adversaries like the united
00:04:41.420states canada europe and other countries and nothing says new alliance like having to use
00:04:47.820burner phones to make sure that the chinese communist party isn't spying on journalists
00:04:53.180We're using burner phones for the first time when we've covered this because China spies on journalists and businessmen.
00:05:23.180We're meeting with Mind Your Life. We're meeting with BMO. These companies have been in China for years. Now, obviously, we're having these conversations with the Chinese government.
00:05:34.160Word salad, word salad, making excuses for Chinese Communist Party that is spying on journalists. Journalists having to use burner phones because they know they're being spied on. And the Canadian government is now aligning itself with that kind of government. You can't make this stuff up.
00:05:51.260Of course, the media had to ask Mark Carney what he meant in regards to the new world order and all of that.
00:05:56.280And then somewhere in that word salad, he says something along the lines of Canada and China are like minded countries, apparently, according to this guy.
00:06:05.460Prime Minister Brian Platt with Bloomberg News yesterday when you met with Premier Li, one of the things you said in the public remarks was this partnership, Canada and China, this new partnership sets us up well for the new world order.