Canada Under Siege
How PEI Became a Forward Operating Base for the Chinese Communist Party
Garry Clement author Michel Juneau Katsuya author Dean Baxendale author
Format:Book
Publisher:Optimum Publishing International
Publishing:5th Aug '25
£23.99
This title is due to be published on 5th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

What if one of Canada’s quietest provinces had become a staging ground for a foreign power?
What if the red cliffs and tranquil shores of Prince Edward Island masked something more troubling—something that reached from Charlottetown to Beijing?
Canada Under Siege is an investigation into how the Chinese Communist Party may have quietly infiltrated Canada’s smallest province. At the heart of this inquiry is a fundamental question:
How did a place known for simplicity and serenity become a strategic beachhead for elite capture, covert influence, and international subversion?
Through a series of disturbing leads, veteran investigators Michel Juneau-Katsuya (CSIS) and Garry Clement (RCMP) follow the money, land deals, and political alignments that suggest Prince Edward Island may have become something more than a rural outpost—it may be a case study in how foreign influence embeds itself deep within democratic systems.
Their investigation begins with Frank Zhou and Sherry Huang, Chinese Canadian entrepreneurs whose presence on PEI extends far beyond tourism brochures. What role did they play in influencing political leaders, including former premiers Robert Ghiz and Wade MacLauchlan? Did the Provincial Nominee Program—intended to promote immigration—become a tool for geopolitical leverage? Was Anne of China Inc. just a cultural venture, or a Trojan horse for soft power messaging disguised as economic partnership?
The book asks: Why did so few challenge this convergence of political power and foreign capital? Why were public servants who raised concerns sidelined, silenced, or removed? Why did nobody act?
Then there is the mystery of the Bliss and Wisdom Buddhist group, led by Zhen-Ru (Mary Jin). Promising to build a “Thousand Year Monastery” on the island, this Taiwan-based monastic group has acquired vast tracts of land through monastics and affiliated donors. Is this a closed religious community simply seeking peace—or something else entirely? Could its links to the Buddhist Association of China suggest a deeper form of ideological control under religious guise?
Multiple sources, including the elusive Venerable Fan Yin, who quietly departed in 2017, hint at internal power struggles and shifting allegiances. But why has no one investigated who funds this expansion? Why is there so little public scrutiny?
Across interviews with whistleblowers, activists, and security insiders, Canada Under Siege uncovers unanswered questions and disturbing patterns—from aborted RCMP...
I have resided in PEI permanently since my retirement, but over the years, during both my time at CTV and as a Senator, I became very familiar with my island's culture of turning a blind eye to favours and money being doled out by the government. The Provincial Nomination Program was rife with Scandal, and politicians and friends probably should have gone to jail over this program. This book now puts PNP in the context of a bigger plot to influence and control the future of our once-pristine island. -- Mike Duffy * Former Senator, House of Commons *
There's suspicions, it may be, but we don't really know. And I would say if that is in fact happening, that leads to money laundering because that can happen. That's how it works and it gets the money in circulation, they get the land. But until there's a real investigation, a public inquiry, then we really won't know all of the facts. -- Wayne Easter * Liberal Member of Parliament and Solicitor General, retired *
ISBN: 9780888903556
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
Weight: 300g
240 pages