[rfwhyte]

As a Canadian I would tend to agree. My take on things is that while both countries spy, the reasons they do it are what matters. Broadly speaking the US spies to prevent terrorism and violence, where as China spies to steal IP, control their international diaspora for political purposes at home and abroad, and to destabilize democracies. The CCP worldview is incredibly cynical.

[chrischen]

US did, and still tries to destabilize countries. See Iraq, covert CIA operations. It’s well within the norm.

I think what you mean is that The US is Canada’s ally so being spied on by the US is less of a risk.

[OrgNet]

The US says that it spies to prevent terrorism, violence, etc... but that is just a pretext to justify it. The main reason is to stay the richest.