Adam Zivo: China’s alarming infiltration of Canada’s democracy — and our duty to fight

Canadian intelligence officials recently confirmed that China is infiltrating and corrupting Canada’s democratic institutions. This needs to be fixed – and that begins with establishing a registry of foreign agents.

Global News reported Monday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with his senior cabinet members, were warned by intelligence officials that Beijing had funded a “clandestine network” of candidates during the 2019 federal election. Beijing allegedly transferred at least $250,000 to at least eleven candidates and planted several operatives who worked as campaign staffers. Beijing operatives were also allegedly planted into the offices of elected MPs in an attempt to control their policy choices.

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RCMP Investigating Allegations of Former Canadian Fighter Pilots Training Chinese Military Aviators

The RCMP has confirmed it is investigating allegations that former Canadian military pilots were involved in training Chinese military pilots.

In an emailed statement on Nov. 8, the RCMP said it is looking into reports of former pilots from the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) allegedly training Chinese military pilots at a South African flight school.

Just one more example of the hollowed out nation Canada has become thanks to our “elites.” Multiculturalism means never having to worry about a shortage of traitors and Canadians of convenience.

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Canada facing ‘aggressive games’ from China, others amid interference report: Trudeau

China and other nations are playing “aggressive games” with democracies, Justin Trudeau says amid reports Beijing is allegedly targeting Canada with a vast campaign of foreign interference.

The prime minister on Monday responded to a Global News investigation that detailed alleged efforts by China to fund a clandestine network of at least 11 federal candidates who ran in the 2019 election, among other allegations of election interference in that campaign.

Junior was China’s eager Butt-Boy for so long we have likely been thoroughly infiltrated. No wonder Canada’s allies no longer invite us to play.

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‘A brazen intrusion’: China’s foreign police stations raise hackles in Canada

Beijing says Toronto locations are ‘services stations’ to renew licenses – but China watchers say they monitor and pressure country’s diaspora

At a strip mall convenience store sandwiched between a hotpot restaurant and hair salon on the outskirts of Toronto, a clerk serves a steady flow of customers on a drizzly autumn morning.

In an office park a few miles away, a travel agent sorts through passports, arranging visas and booking tickets for her Chinese clientele.

And on a quiet street in a nearby suburb, a resident has grown frustrated that he and his family have been roped into an international row over a supposed network of clandestine Chinese police stations.

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Diversity is our 5th Columns strength! Canadian intelligence warned PM Trudeau that China covertly funded 2019 election candidates

Canadian intelligence officials have warned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that China has allegedly been targeting Canada with a vast campaign of foreign interference, which includes funding a clandestine network of at least 11 federal candidates running in the 2019 election, according to Global News sources.

Delivered to the prime minister and several cabinet members in a series of briefings and memos first presented in January, the allegations included other detailed examples of Beijing’s efforts to further its influence and, in turn, subvert Canada’s democratic process, sources said.

Says both LPC & CPC candidates were involved but I suspect it leans heavy to the Liberals. Were the NDP deemed too crazy or already in the CCP’s pocket?

If they’re letting this out I am betting it’s a lot worse. Diversity is our 5th column’s strength!

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Canada probes reports China is trying to pay British, Canadian and other fighter pilots to train its air force

Canada’s Department of National Defence says it is investigating reports that China has attempted to use lucrative payouts to lure British, Canadian and other former military pilots to train its air force.

“The Department of National Defence, the Canadian Armed Forces and its members are committed to the preservation of national security,” a National Defence spokesperson told CTVNews.ca. “We are aware of these reports, and we are looking into this further with federal partners.”

Justin will probably give them the order of Canada.

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The Third Opium War

In the mid-1800s, Great Britain engaged in two wars against China’s Qing dynasty. The conflicts began when the emperor attempted to crack down on the illegal opium trade that was causing widespread addiction with devastating economic and social upheaval in China.

By 1820, Britain’s East India Company was importing huge amounts of opium from India into China. In 1839, agents of the emperor confiscated and destroyed 1,400 tons of opium warehoused in Canton by British merchants. In response, British warships sailed up the Pearl River and attacked and occupied Canton, overwhelming the inferior Qing forces. This became known as the First Opium War. As a result, China was forced to cede Hong Kong to the British and expand their access from one to four ports. A Second Opium War in 1856 saw British warships capture Peking and burn the emperor’s summer palace, gaining access to many more mainland Chinese ports and the legalization of opium in a forced settlement. These became known as the Unequal Treaties. Merchants in other European nations, as well as the U.S., soon joined in the opium trade.

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Canadian Heritage Department Bought Maple Leaf Pins Made in China

The Department of Canadian Heritage bought over $300,000 worth of maple leaf pins made in China, according to records presented in the House of Commons, despite MPs condemning the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for genocide last year.

According to a House “Inquiry of Ministry” obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter, the department has spent exactly $344,513 over the past two years on Chinese-manufactured Canada flag pins.

Not an accident, just everyday Liberal corruption.

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Can the US live in Xi Jinping’s world?

Ten days ago Xi Jinping walked out in front of the world’s media – depleted somewhat by his government’s growing intolerance of foreign reporters – as the most powerful Chinese leader in decades.

A tradition that limited his recent predecessors to two terms had been broken. And third term in hand, he had cemented his power over China, perhaps indefinitely.

But even as Mr Xi’s grip tightens at home, on the international stage the situation has rarely looked more unsettled.

The more the Communist Party leader has reinforced China’s authoritarian model, the more he has challenged a defining assumption of our age of globalisation – as China got richer, it would become freer.

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Germany Selling Critical Infrastructure to China

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz has apparently learned nothing from Germany’s fatal mistake of becoming dependent on Russian gas.

On October 26, Germany’s government decided to let the Chinese state-owned enterprise COSCO Shipping Ports, which has links to China’s People’s Liberation Army, buy a stake in the Port of Hamburg. COSCO is the world’s third-largest container carrier measured by capacity, and the fifth-largest port terminal operator in terms of the amount of cargo and vessels that it handles, according to German think-tank Merics. The Port of Hamburg is Germany’s largest port and the second-largest port in Europe, making it part of Europe’s most critical infrastructure.

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Alleged Chinese Police Stations in Canada: How Did They Get Here? And Why Aren’t They Shut Down Yet?

Of all the countries where China has purportedly set up unofficial police stations, only Ireland has so far ordered its local one to be closed. Authorities in other countries, including in Canada, have at most said they are “investigating” the issue.

This came after a Spanish NGO, Safeguard Defenders, published a report in September alerting countries like Canada to these stations on their soil. The station in Dublin, Ireland, displayed a public sign, “Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station.” Other stations, such as the reported three in Toronto, are more subtle.

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UN Sides with China Despite Its Own Report Condemning Xinjiang Abuses

The recent United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) vote — rejecting the West’s proposal to debate China’s possible “crimes against humanity” in its treatment of its Muslim minority in Xinjiang — covered up Beijing’s gruesome treatment of its Uyghur Population. This vote, saving face for the Chinese Communist Party at its recently concluded 20th National Congress, shields the Chinese regime’s true nature and indicates its increasing influence in international affairs.

The 19 to 17 vote with 11 abstentions was a stinging defeat for UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, who had released on August 31 a damning report on China’s inhuman treatment of Xinjiang’s Uyghurs.

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TikTok tells European users its staff in China get access to their data

TikTok is spelling out to its European users of the platform that their data can be accessed by employees outside the continent, including in China, amid political and regulatory concerns about Chinese access to user information on the site.

The Chinese-owned social video app is updating its privacy policy to confirm that staff in countries, including China, are allowed to access user data to ensure their experience of the platform is “consistent, enjoyable and safe”.

The other countries where European user data could be accessed by TikTok staff include Brazil, Canada and Israel as well as the US and Singapore, where European user data is stored currently.

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Canada’s Ability to Detect Chinese, Russian Incursions in Arctic ‘Very Limited,’ Says CAF General

Canada’s ability to detect foreign incursions in its Arctic territories is “very limited” and in need of modernization, says a high-ranking Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) general.

“The North Warning System is very limited in its ability to actually detect the current threat presented by Russia right now and China in the future,” said Lt. Gen. Alain Pelletier, deputy commander of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), while testifying before the House of Commons national defence committee on Nov. 1.

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CSIS is ‘increasingly concerned’ about China’s interference in Canada

Canada’s spy agency is growing “increasingly concerned” about China’s attempts to influence Canadian politics, a senior official told members of Parliament on Tuesday.

That’s because the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is “involved and interested in promoting their own national interests” in Canada, Michelle Tessier, the deputy director of operations for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told the procedure and House affairs committee on Tuesday.

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