Is it hybrid warfare?

By Nirvan Bose, published by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

In Brief

Over 50,000 dead in a decade. Precursors subsidized and shipped from China. Weak ports exploited. Labs producing for export. Ottawa looks the other way while negotiating with Beijing. This may not be just a drug problem—it may be unrestricted warfare.

Nirvan Bose argues that the Chinese Communist Party is fuelling Canada’s deadly fentanyl crisis through state subsidies, tax rebates, online sales of precursors, and tolerance of trafficking networks—what amounts to a form of hybrid warfare. This deliberate strategy is aimed at weakening Canadian society, generating profits, eroding public trust and institutions, and straining Canada’s ties with the United States to push Ottawa closer to Beijing. Meanwhile, Canadian authorities remain largely inactive due to ongoing trade negotiations.

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