Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to a crowd of Liberal faithful to lead the party into a fourth election as he attacked Pierre Poilievre over his “brokenist” Conservative politics.
Mr. Trudeau kicked off the Liberal national convention in Ottawa on Thursday evening. The party is charting a path to the next federal campaign, which he said is still “a couple of years” away.
CSIS report on MP being targeted by China was sent to PM’s national-security adviser
Contrary to what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said, an 2021 intelligence report about an MP being targeted by China was circulated beyond the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and reached the PM’s national-security adviser.
Conservative MP Michael Chong – whose family was being targeted by China – announced in the House of Commons Thursday that Jody Thomas, the national-security adviser, informed him of this in a telephone call.
SHOCKER: MP Michael Chong was told by Trudeau’s own National Security Advisor, Jody Thomas, that the report detailing China’s threats against Chong & his family was circulated beyond CSIS & shared with the Privy Council Office – AKA Trudeau’s department. Trudeau said it wasn’t pic.twitter.com/iCXQMlqR1C
— Brian Lilley (@brianlilley) May 4, 2023
Canada summons Chinese ambassador over alleged threats to MP Michael Chong
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is summoning China’s ambassador over allegations by Canada’s spy agency that a Chinese diplomat in Toronto was involved in a plot to intimidate a Conservative MP and his family.
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Thursday she asked her deputy minister to tell Chinese Ambassador Cong Peiwu that Canada will not tolerate any form of foreign interference in its affairs.
Joly confirmed media reports that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service believes a diplomat working out of China’s Toronto consulate had targeted Conservative MP Michael Chong and his relatives in Hong Kong, due to his criticism of Beijing’s human-rights record.
“The Chinese community here is frightened by the Chinese government, even though they are in Canada … A lot of Chinese organizations or social groups are very close to the consulate and to the embassy. Why is that? It’s not because they don’t understand the values, or they don’t trust or agree with the values. It’s just because they are so frightened. They know that the Chinese government is so brutal they could do anything.”
If you thought that those words appeared in some news story over the past few days, perhaps in an interview with a Canadian Security and Intelligence Service whistleblower speaking anonymously out of fear of prosecution under the Security of Information Act, you’d have guessed wrong.
At what point do we start kicking out China’s diplomats for interfering in Canada’s domestic affairs?
Given that the diplomat who was orchestrating efforts to target the family of an MP is still in Canada, still on the government’s list of diplomats, there is nothing China can do that will see the Trudeau government act.
Canada’s foreign interference scandal keeps coming back to the same question.
Why did Prime Minister Justin Trudeau create new procedures to detect and report on foreign attacks on our democracy, and then ignore their findings and recommendations?
Trudeau is Beijings Butt Boy.
Trudeau says he didn’t know Tory MP’s family was threatened by Beijing
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he only found out two days ago that a Conservative MP’s family was being targeted by the Chinese government despite CSIS allegedly having a report on the subject that dates back two years.
Trudeau said the information never made its way to his desk, and he’s now issued instructions to Canada’s spy agency to ensure that never happens again.
The Globe and Mail reported Monday that security officials believed in 2021 that Beijing had targeted relatives of Wellington—Halton Hills MP Michael Chong as part of a campaign to influence Canadian politics.
Why is he not jailed?
SHOCKA! – Justin Trudeau’s brother denies Trudeau Foundation was involved in foreign interference
The Trudeau government recently announced it will spend an estimated $13 billion on subsidies for Volkswagen’s Ontario battery plant and offer $700 million to help with construction, in addition to another $500 million from the Ontario government. Federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne argues that the economic value from this corporate welfare — funded by taxpayer money — will be worth it. But Trudeau’s spending spree hasn’t spurred economic growth yet, so why should we expect it to now?
During the 2021 federal election in the downtown Toronto riding of Spadina-Fort York, the young, progressive, ethnically-Chinese candidate seemed a shoo-in for the Liberals.
A rising political star with a history of youth advocacy, a university lecturer, entrepreneur and a reserve officer in the Royal Canadian Navy, Kevin Vuong was an ideal candidate for a party aspiring to better represent today’s Canada.
But it quickly came to an end.
Morris Rosenberg, the former president and CEO of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, says in retrospect the embattled charity was naïve to think it would have “soft power” over China when it accepted money in 2016 with ties to the Chinese government.
The former veteran public servant told a parliamentary committee Tuesday night that at the time, there was a belief that engaging with Chinese officials would familiarize them with Canadian governance, rule of law and human rights.
“Was that naïve at the time? In hindsight, probably it was naive,” said Rosenberg.
“We felt we could do more good.”
What gall.
The evidence of China’s interference in Canada’s democracy was already alarming. Now, it’s doubly so, with fresh revelations that Beijing not only meddled with successive federal elections but also attempted to intimidate a sitting MP.
The Globe and Mail previously reported, based on Canadian Security Intelligence Service documents, that Beijing operatives tried to swing some riding outcomes in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections, although no one is saying those efforts changed who formed government.
What exactly was going on at the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation when a 2016 donation was made supposedly on behalf of the Chinese government in an alleged attempt to influence the prime minister? A clear answer would be welcome, but the foundation has a long association with donors, and members, who were also trying to gain influence with the Liberal party and the government.
When it comes to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in Canadian affairs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is running out of runway. Not a week goes by that doesn’t bring fresh revelations about just how badly Canada’s national security has been compromised under his watch.
Trudeau cares only about protecting the grift for Canada’s China Class.
I don’t care if a foreign power is behind Trudeau’s ouster, in fact I wish them success and godspeed in their effort.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service on Tuesday confirmed to Conservative MP Michael Chong that he and his family were targeted by the Chinese government after he sponsored a parliamentary motion condemning Beijing’s conduct in Xinjiang as genocide, the MP says.
He said CSIS also confirmed that Zhao Wei, a Chinese diplomat in Canada, was involved.
Calgary pastor Artur Pawlowski is guilty of mischief for encouraging truckers to continue blocking the Canada-U.S. border crossing during a 2022 protest that lasted more than two weeks, a Lethbridge judge has ruled.
Pawlowski was charged criminally and under Alberta’s Critical Infrastructure Defence Act (CIDA), following a 20-minute speech to protesters in Coutts, Alta.
“Mr. Pawlowski intended to incite the audience to continue the blockade,” said Justice Gordon Krinke in delivering his decision on Tuesday afternoon.
