Police Cooperation Agreement With China Surprised Canadians, Senator Says

RCMP Senior Deputy Commissioner Bryan Larkin takes part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 7, 2025. The Canadian Press/Sean KilpatrickMany Canadians were surprised by the federal government’s recent law enforcement cooperation agreement with Beijing, Senator Clément Gignac told an RCMP representative during a parliamentary committee meeting.Speaking to RCMP Senior Deputy Commissioner Bryan Larkin, who testified before the Senate national finance committee on April 21, Gignac said the government’s announcement in January that Prime Minister Mark Carney had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on cooperation between the RCMP and China’s Ministry of Public Security “surprised a lot of Canadians.”