It looks like we finally have one political leader serving in higher office who actually wants to know more rather than less about the allegations of the Beijing Communist regime’s interference in our elections.
British Columbia NDP Premier David Eby says he’s “very troubled” by these allegations. He wants a “thorough and independent investigation” and he’s requested CSIS provide him with a “full briefing.”
Canada’s ambassador to the United States says U.S. President Joe Biden may be less critical of Canada failing to meet its defence spending targets than former President Barack Obama was when the latter addressed Parliament.
When Biden makes his first official state visit to Canada this week, discussions around defence and security, Norad modernization, and how to deal with Russia and China are on the agenda.
The last American president to visit Ottawa — and to address Parliament — was Obama in 2016, when in a 50-minute speech he said: “NATO needs more Canada.”
OTTAWA — The leaked intelligence reports have set off a political firestorm. They describe plans by the government of China and its diplomats in Canada to ensure that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party took power in the last two elections, raising troubling questions about the integrity of Canada’s democracy.
But as two prominent Canadian news organizations have published a series of leaks over the past month, Mr. Trudeau has refused calls to launch a public inquiry into the matter, angering political opponents and leading to accusations that he is covering up foreign attempts to undermine his country’s elections.
OTTAWA—There were supposed to be no surprises.
It’s the bedrock of the Liberal-NDP deal — a simple notion that, despite the two parties’ competing political interests, neither would ever catch the other off guard.
But eight months into the governing agreement that could see the NDP prop up the minority Liberals until 2025, that principle was violated.
The Liberals had quietly introduced a series of amendments to their firearms bill. And the New Democrats were blindsided.
MONTREAL—If the debate over Chinese interference in Canada’s politics is a test of leadership, both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are going out of their way to fail it.
That starts with Trudeau, who came peculiarly late to the realization that the issue of the integrity of Canada’s democratic system could not be swept under the carpet. He has been playing catch up — with very relative success — since then.
According to the Blacklock’s Reporter, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino expects the cabinet’s review of the proposed paid foreign agent registry to take several months.
Senate has a bill for a foreign agent registry sitting there for a year and nothing has been done.
Xi is a busy guy, he just hasn’t had a chance to review the bill.
In February, Abbotsford Conservative Party MP Ed Fast introduced Bill C-314, the Mental Health Protection Act , which would quash the federal government’s (delayed) mental-health extension, without repealing the original “foreseeable death” principle. Nice try, but Sen. Stan Kutcher, prime mover of the mental-disorder expansion, says the issue is “decided.” In a culture where, to nattering nabobs, the words “slippery slope” conjure up not an avalanche, but a delightful toboggan ride.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s appointment of former governor general David Johnston as his “eminent rapporteur” on foreign interference by China in the last two federal elections is a classic “wag the dog” political strategy.
As an opposition MP during the previous Conservative government, Liberal John McCallum travelled often to China, with pro-Beijing non-governmental groups picking up a reported $73,000 of his travel costs.
When McCallum later became ambassador to China under a new Liberal government, his friendly relations with the country seemed to continue.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) is calling foreign interference activities by the Chinese government the “greatest strategic threat to national security.”
In a statement provided in French to CBC/Radio-Canada on Friday, a CSIS spokesperson said that this threat comes not from the “Chinese population” but from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which is deploying a strategy aimed at “geopolitical gains” on economic, technological, political and military fronts.
“To do so, it uses all the state powers at its disposal to carry out activities that directly threaten the national security and sovereignty of the country,” said the unnamed spokesperson.
The United States ran a secret probe into national-security threats posed by Chinese overseas operations that drew alarming conclusions about Canada, alleges a new book co-authored by a former RCMP officer.
The book says the project, code-named Operation Dragon Lord, led to an unnerving takeaway: that Beijing’s activities in Canada represented a security threat to the United States.
This investigation wasn’t triggered by recent headlines. It happened in the 1990s. Yet it provides a window into current controversies, argues the soon-to-be-released book The Mosaic Effect: How the Chinese Communist Party Started a Hybrid War in America’s Backyard.
The timeliness of that old episode will be underscored Monday when one of the key intelligence figures of the era testifies before a Canadian parliamentary committee.
The Mosaic Effect How the Chinese Communist Party started a Hybrid War in America’s Backyard
“Immigration fraud provided the key to opening the gate for the (REDACTED) to walk right into America’s backyard over thirty years ago through their neighbors to the North – Canada. There they created a base of operations along the 49th parallel, the line that divides the USA and Canada – the largest undefended border in the world. Then set about methodically building a United Front network of individuals and groups under the influence or control of the CCP. Surreptitiously infiltrating key institutions and eroding political underpinnings. In the words of one undercover American intelligence agent, “Canada has now become one of the pre-eminent security concerns of the U.S. government.”
Now that the CCP has positioned themselves next door to their greatest advisory by infiltrating key institutions and influencing the political landscape in Canada – what’s next?”
Fuck Trudeau. Fuck the China class. Fuck our Political class. Fuck our Corporate class. Fuck the racist Multiculturalists. They declared war on us.
I suspect the Globe leaker is not working alone and Justin’s ouster may in fact be part of larger action by “concerned allies” foreign and domestic to expose & rid the west of China’s agents in advance of a potential conflict.
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon and our own Justin Trudeau are all considered China’s useful Idiots.
My theory on their demise may be coming true. Time to bid our ChiCom 5th Columnists adieu?
Two down, one to go – New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon And Canada’s Justin Trudeau – What Do They Have In Common?
It needs to be said: Multiculturalism and Diversity have turned Canada into a balkanized nation of 5th Columns. It was deliberate, don’t let the racists call you a liar.
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said his party is pushing once again for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford to testify in front of parliamentarians about Chinese’s alleged interference in past elections because she “knows all the secrets.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to say Friday if he would make an attempt by Pierre Poilievre‘s Conservatives to force his chief of staff to testify on foreign election interference a matter of confidence.
MP are expected to vote as early as Tuesday on a Conservative-sponsored motion calling on Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford to testify at one or the other of two House of Commons committees investigating allegations of election interference. That vote could test the strength of the deal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh made last year with Trudeau to support the Liberal minority government on matters of confidence.
Jaggy ain’t gonna give up his meal ticket.
Joly calls out Israel judiciary reform and ‘unilateral actions’ that undermine peace
OTTAWA – Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly is pushing Israel to drop its reform of the country’s judiciary after two months of mass protests.
An official readout of a conversation Joly had with her Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen says that she “underscored Canada’s support of democracy, the rule of law and the institutions that uphold them.”
A Global Affairs Canada source familiar with the conversation says Joly specifically noted Israel’s judicial reform and said the country should only implement changes supported by the public.
When I joined the public service many years ago, I swore an oath.
Not to party or to person, but to my country, to its democratic institutions and to my fellow Canadians.
When I first became aware of the significance of the threat posed by outside interference to our democratic institutions, I worked – as have many unnamed and tireless colleagues – to equip our leaders with the knowledge and the tools needed to take action against it.
