We have already seen China aggressively attempting to invest in mining capacity in northern Canada, in ways that triggered national security concerns in the federal government. We have concrete evidence that China is not just actively eyeing but also trying to find mechanisms to access our natural resources.
Of course, Canada, having three trillion-dollar natural resource industries—oil, gas and agriculture—and being among the tiny number of countries having the wealth of three such natural resources, must be prepared for the fact that China will aggressively attempt to access all three of those resources.