It is sending a very bad message.
The Five Eyes are currently asking themselves some serious questions, further to a litany of poor or overly late decisions, even when the evidence was blatant: the Huawei decision, the decision to expel a diplomat, the decision to address the issue of foreign interference. It took a whistleblower to get Canada moving on this. It's a matter of considerable concern to the United States and the Five Eyes.
Through Operation Dragon Lord, the United States monitored the Canadian government and looked into its relationship with China. Since the 1990s, our allies have had doubts about Canada's willingness to take action and protect secrets to which it is privy.