Canada

Chinese Canadians in public office and academia are warning the recent claims China interfered in Canadian politics could stigmatize an entire community and dissuade them from running for public office or taking on public-facing roles.

“There is a lot of fear,” said Keren Tang, a city councillor in Edmonton.

Tang and others in the Chinese community are worried racism resulting from the federal investigations into the alleged Chinese government interference could roll back years of progress of getting more diverse voices in all levels of government.

Just the CBC running interference for Trudeau and his ChiCom allies.

Most Canadians have no idea where the country’s spy agency is located, nor do they know much about its daily operations. This is not because the Canadian Security Intelligence Service operates in a particularly clandestine fashion, it’s because most Canadians don’t care.

The CSIS, a civilian-run organisation based in a triangular structure of concrete and glass on the outskirts of Ottawa, lacks the intrigue of Britain’s MI5 and the notoriety of America’s Central Intelligence Agency.

“I look nothing like Daniel Craig, and I did not arrive here in an Aston Martin. I’m just as disappointed as you are – on both fronts,” its director, David Vigneault, said in a speech in 2018, poking fun at the service’s largely uncharismatic reputation. “Most of you remember the movie Fight Club. And you will know that the first rule of Fight Club is ‘don’t talk about Fight Club’. Well, the first rule of CSIS has always been ‘don’t talk’. Period.”

During the SNC Lavalin Scandal Katie Telford is said to have told Jody Wilson-Raybould’s chief of staff that she could arrange for her connections to ‘Write op-eds saying that what she is doing is proper.’ This piece fits the bill for narrative control.

I don’t know of anyone who thinks ill of CSIS for these leaks, other than the CCP compromised Liberal Party. In fact most of us are grateful for having this criminal chicanery exposed.

A series of explosive allegations about Chinese interference in Canadian politics have rocked Ottawa

As hard as it is to conceive of him as such, as the longest-serving head of government in the G7 Justin Trudeau is now one of the world’s elder statesmen. He has achieved this exalted status despite innumerable scandals rocking his government, on issues ranging from corruption to “blackface” to bullying to sexual misconduct, many of which would have felled a lesser politician.

But his lucky streak may finally be ending. For the past month, Ottawa has been riveted by a series of explosive allegations about Chinese interference in Canadian politics, from illegal campaign donations to disinformation campaigns, allegations leaked to the media by members of Canada’s usually docile intelligence service reportedly angry with the government ignoring their reports.

For more than 25 years of writing columns and making media appearances, I’ve often discussed the importance of controlling the political narrative. It’s a key component for successful governments, and an art form unto itself.

The narrative is the messaging, or series of events, pertaining to a particular issue, policy, event, or controversy. There are times when it’s been shaped by parties and leaders. There are moments where it naturally develops on its own. No matter how it evolves, it’s always incumbent on the government to ensure the narrative points in their general direction for as long and as often as possible.

MPs on a House of Commons committee are set to vote this week on a motion calling for former governor general David Johnston—the recently appointed special rapporteur tasked with investigating foreign interference in Canada’s last two elections—to appear at committee for questioning about his work.

NDP MP Rachel Blaney recently served notice that she will ask the Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to vote on the motion this week, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.

The pressure has been building for months. What did Prime Minister Justin Trudeau know about intelligence reports on foreign interference in Canada’s elections, and when did he know it? Why is CSIS leaking like a sieve? Why won’t the PM call a public inquiry? And so on, and so on.

Then, 24 hours before Trudeau was to welcome United States President Joe Biden on his first state visit to Ottawa, another bombshell. Global News reported that Liberal MP Han Dong allegedly advised the Chinese consulate to recommend delaying China’s release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor from prison in 2021, so as not to “benefit the Conservatives.”

It’s a good piece and one that takes a similar tack as my own speculative entry which asked why Jacinda Arden & Nicola Sturgeon suddenly “resigned.” Like Trudeau they are regarded as China’s useful idiots. “

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Justin’s relegation to the Useful Idiot fringe may help explain the CBC’s ham-fisted propaganda piece published yesterday which sought to reassure someone that Justin was a trusted ally of the US and Five Eyes.