The Globe and Mail reports in its Monday, Feb. 9, edition that it is widely known that the software in electric vehicles made in China send the data from the cameras, microphones and location to China. The Globe's guest columnist Margaret McCuaig-Johnston writes that regular software fixes are made remotely from China. Under Section 7 of China's National Intelligence Law, companies and individuals are required to spy for China if requested, and keep that spying secret. On Thursday, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said the Canadian government must ensure vehicles do "not have the capability to transmit information to other sources, other countries." But a sweeping commitment to do so does not cut it; how will the government make that happen? It is difficult to see how it will work in the short term for the tens of thousands of cars being imported from China. A 2025 U.S. Department of Energy report on Vehicle-Grid Integration says that an attack via charging infrastructure can pose a major threat to the electricity grid. Last month, John Moolenaar, the chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on China, said Chinese EVs are "potential spy platforms with a kill switch inside."