Burton points out Canada's participation in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance with the U.S., U.K., Australia and New Zealand could be at risk if the government doesn't take sufficient steps to guard against espionage.

Source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/why-does-canada-have-a-disproportionately-high-number-of-chinese-diplomats-1.6408620

Canada is the only member of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance — which also includes the United States, Britain, Australia and New Zealand — that does not have a declassification process for historic records, he noted.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/canadian-intelligence-flagged-chinese-meddling-37-years-ago-newly-released-report-7311593

Canada was excluded from that alliance, as well as from AUKUS, a trilateral security pact between the U.K., the U.S. and Australia that took shape in 2021 as an undersea military triad separate from the Five Eyes group.

Source: https://www.sootoday.com/national-news/white-house-rejects-reports-of-tension-with-canada-over-india-interference-allegation-7584906

“I work with my Five Eyes partners throughout the globe, and I haven't seen a change in terms of the information-sharing piece,” Auchterlonie said.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/military-concerned-by-canadas-absence-from-american-british-australian-security-pact-6380731

Nauta snapped and shared photographs of the scene, which included a document with a visible marking warning it was restricted to only the Five Eyes intelligence alliance of the U.S., United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-documents-nauta-arraignment-1.6883450?cmp=rss

On Friday, the U.S. ambassador to Canada confirmed this, saying information shared by the intelligence-sharing 'Five Eyes' alliance helped link India to the assassination.

Source: https://www.startribune.com/india-had-been-riding-a-geopolitical-high-but-it-comes-to-the-un-with-a-mess-on-its-hands/600307096/

The documents show Canada and its partner nations in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance believed Henareh's businesses were central to a multi-billion dollar international money laundering network.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/salim-henareh-cameron-ortis-case-alleged-money-laundering-1.6991409?cmp=rss

To that end, all of the other Five Eyes countries have been quicker than Canada to make public statements about keeping anti-Indian sentiments in check.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-india-khalistan-sikh-separatism-1.6983554?cmp=rss

With the addition of Australia, all of countries in the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance — the US, Canada, Britain, New Zealand, and Australia — have taken action against TikTok.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/every-country-that-banned-tiktok-us-threatens-nationwide-ban-2023-3