Groups respond to allegations of operating as Chinese police stations in Quebec

Two Montreal-area community groups are speaking out about being investigated for allegedly operating as covert police stations for the Chinese government.

Last Thursday, The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) confirmed that it was investigating the Service de la famille Chinoise du Grand Montréal in Montreal’s Chinatown and the Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud, in the municipality of Brossard on the South Shore.

Both centres have served as resource centres for Chinese and Asian communities for decades. 

In a statement last week, a spokesperson for the RCMP said investigators are taking steps to “detect and disrupt these criminal activities supported by a foreign state that could also threaten the safety of