ريتشارد فادن

شغل فادن منصب مدير جهاز المخابرات الأمنية الكندية (CSIS) من يونيو 2009، عندما حل محل جيم جود ، وحتى استقالته المفاجئة في منتصف مايو 2013.

تصدر فادن عناوين الصحف في يونيو 2010 بإعلانه أن دولًا أجنبية تمارس التجسس الصناعي ضد كندا، وتحاول التأثير على السياسيين الكنديين. وأضاف فادن أن وزراء في حكومتين محليتين، وعددًا من السياسيين المحليين، تأثروا بحكومة أجنبية عند اتخاذ قرارات سياسية. ^{[ 4 ]}

Several others have criticized Fadden for his remarks, especially since they were in a CBC National interview released just before the G8 and G20 summits in Ontario; the interview was conducted earlier in the year, after the CBC approached Fadden to repeat statements he had made in a private (albeit videotaped) speech at the Royal Canadian Military Institute.^[5] Although no countries were named, the National Post, Globe and Mail, CBC, CTV, and several other Canadian media outlets have speculated that Fadden is referring to China.^[6]

In April 2013, it was announced that Fadden would step down from his position on May 13 to become Deputy Minister of National Defence. Deputy Director of Operations Michel Coulombe was designated as Fadden's replacement, in an interim role until a new director is appointed.^[7]

Fadden was appointed National Security Adviser in early 2015 by Stephen Harper.^[8]

As national security and intelligence adviser, Fadden's "insistence that foreign powers, notably the Chinese Communist Party, had cultivated agents of influence at various levels of government in Canada" hurt his standing with the Liberal Party of Canada, which became the governing party of Canada in late 2015. Fadden was replaced by Daniel Jean, who lacked experience in either national security or intelligence.^[9]

Fadden's concerns have since been borne out by a series of revelations, including a Financial Times investigation that cast light on "an internal document prepared by the overseas section of Beijing’s United Front Works Department" that showed how China was influencing electoral politics in foreign countries.^[9] Fadden was quoted as saying “What we’re seeing in Australia and New Zealand, I’ve seen no suggestion that [China is] not trying to do the same thing in every other country in the west, Canada included. Their intelligence organizations are fairly active here,” Fadden said. “I refuse to believe they’re not trying to the same thing in France, the U.K. and Germany. It’s just how they try to exert their influence. I’ve seen nothing to suggest we’re insulated from what we’re seeing in Australia and New Zealand."^[10]