Worthington- dusting off sidewinder

"REJECTED AND buried eight years ago, the "Sidewinder" inquiry by an RCMP-CSIS team into Chinese espionage and investment in Canada has suddenly gained currency, due to last week's revelations by an ex-spy from China in Australia.

In a way, the most outrageous thing about the Sidewinder project was not its cancellation, but the media's lack of interest.

The brainchild of former Hong Kong-based immigration control officer Brian MacAdam and RCMP Cpl. Robert Read, Project Sidewinder investigated and analyzed China's massive economic investment into Canada, and its potential for espionage. "