No Foreign Government Gets to Decide What Canadians See
In March 2026, a bomb threat email was sent to Toronto's Four Seasons Centre to stop a performance of Shen Yun. Toronto Police confirmed it was a hoax. The venue cancelled all six shows anyway — leaving nearly 10,000 ticket holders locked out.
Then the sender started bragging. He called it "my most successful one." He dismissed Canada as "hardly worth taking seriously" and its politicians as "petty" and "utterly insignificant." He openly aligned himself with the Chinese Communist Party, promising to continue "endlessly, like the Yangtze River."
He wasn't bluffing. The same sender then threatened a venue in Vancouver. Vancouver called his bluff — and performed every show safely. The Vancouver Police Cybercrime Unit has since confirmed his email is linked to a phone number in China.
This is not alleged. This is confirmed foreign interference on Canadian soil. And in Toronto, it worked.
Shen Yun celebrates the beauty and traditions of China before communism — which is exactly why the CCP wants it silenced. Over 150 bomb threats have targeted Shen Yun in more than 20 countries. Every one was a hoax. Every venue kept performing. Until Toronto.
If one email from China can shut down a Canadian stage after police say it's safe, no venue in this country is safe. Not your city's theatre. Not your community centre. Not your local film screening. The precedent has been set. And the person who set it is laughing.
We call on Canada's elected leaders to:
- Publicly condemn the CCP's campaign of threats against Canadian cultural institutions.
- Protect Canadian institutions — our stages, our campuses, our elections, our city halls — from CCP interference.
- Stand with the communities the CCP targets on Canadian soil — because they are your constituents and their safety is your responsibility.