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"At the House of Commons immigration committee on Wednesday, Conservative MP Jasraj Singh Hallan asked Mendicino if the government was even considering the massive risk of espionage.

He said simply screening staff isn’t sufficient in a country like China. Article content

“The Chinese Communist Party develops a fake identity with an attempt to infiltrate our overseas visa office, via espionage and collect visa applications and then runs them through the hiring process for the subcontractor. How would we even know about it?” Hallan asked. “Even one Chinese spy could destroy the entire functioning of the office and cause a significant security threat.”"