“China – Communist Slave State” – Page 55

The political consensus on taxing Chinese imports is now complete — your move, Minister Freeland

Now that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his party have joined the chorus calling for more action against Chinese imports, a key decision facing Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland this month just got a little easier.

Cross-party consensus on the wisdom of lining up with the Biden administration’s incoming tariffs on made-in-China electric vehicles provides the government with more political cover. But there’s still a risk of incoming flak.

To understand how complicated this gets, consider how then-president Donald Trump’s earlier campaign against Chinese state-sponsored overproduction played out for the United States and its trading partners in what was then NAFTA, now the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). That policy debate got very confusing for voters who like to slot politicians on a predictable left-right axis.

by Blazingcatfur•August 15, 2024August 15, 2024•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

China Is Now Goading Iran into Attacking Israel

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi on August 11 told Iran’s acting foreign minister that Beijing supports the Islamic Republic defending its “sovereignty, security, and national dignity.” Wang said that killing Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, the terrorist group’s political leader, in Tehran violated Iran’s sovereignty and threatened regional stability.

As countries around the world pressure Iran not to strike Israel — Tehran blames the Jewish state for the bomb that killed Haniyeh on July 31 — China was, in effect, publicly goading Iran to act.

by Blazingcatfur•August 14, 2024August 14, 2024•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Oct 7 2023"

Ottawa Says It’s in Touch With Swiss Officials After Canadian Arrested on Suspicion of Spying for China

Canadian officials say they are working with Swiss authorities in the case of a Canadian who has been arrested in that country on suspicion of spying for China.

The man’s arrest came to light as part of a joint investigation by German news outlet Der Spiegel, Swiss media company Tamedia, and North Korea-focused website NK News.

The saga of the spy named “Craig” continues …

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2024August 10, 2024•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, WTF?

Poilievre vows 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs as Liberals’ next move unclear

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has pledged to match steep U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles if elected, something the Liberal government is considering but has to decide on.

The call comes after Ottawa wrapped up a 30-day consultation process on Chinese EVs last week and has not said when those findings — or any decisions that may come as a result — will be made public.

The Conservative leader is also calling for tariffs on Chinese steel, aluminum, EV batteries, and wants Ottawa to stop handing out rebates for the purchase of Chinese EVs.

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2024August 10, 2024•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada

A Spy named “Craig”: Former Canadian UN official detained in Switzerland over espionage on behalf of China

A former Canadian UN official who currently works as a North Korea expert is being detained in Switzerland over espionage suspicions, according to media reports Thursday.

The reports were part of a joint investigation by German news outlet Der Spiegel, Swiss media outlet Tamedia and NK News, a U.S. news outlet providing analyses on North Korea. CTV News has not independently verified the story.

NK News names him as “Craig” that’s it.

North Korea expert, missing for months, detained in Switzerland for espionage

Friends grew concerned when Craig suddenly stopped responding to messages earlier this year. The North Korea expert and former U.N. official regularly traveled to China for his work as an environmental consultant, and some feared Beijing had detained him. Others suspected a health scare. His wife only told friends and family that he was OK but couldn’t be contacted.

Now it turns out that Craig, whom friends described as a kind and funny person with a deep interest in improving the lives of North Koreans, was in a Swiss prison the whole time.

by Blazingcatfur•August 8, 2024August 8, 2024•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Top secret 2019 report details Communist Chinese efforts to use Canadian indigenous leaders

A Canadian investigative journalist has acquired a top secret 2019 parliamentary report, revealing that the Chinese are aiming to secure Canadian resources under indigenous control.

The June 2019 draft report of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) was acquired by Sam Cooper, a former Global TV investigative journalist who now reports for The Bureau on substack.

by Blazingcatfur•August 3, 2024August 2, 2024•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Canadian Navy Monitors Chinese Research Vessel in Arctic, Says Foreign Actors ‘Collecting Intelligence’

A Canadian warship was deployed to the Bering Strait in July to keep an eye on a Chinese polar research vessel as it navigated the passage between Russia and Alaska, underscoring Beijing’s growing interest in the region.

The HMCS Regina shadowed the Chinese Research Vessel Xue Long 2 sometime between July 7 when it left its home port of Esquimalt, B.C., and July 25 when it returned.

by Blazingcatfur•August 2, 2024August 1, 2024•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trump’s China Tariffs: Extraordinarily Good for America

“I can’t believe how many people are negative on tariffs that are actually smart people,” President Donald Trump told Bloomberg in a June 25 interview. “Economically, they’re phenomenal.”

Since then, a lot of smart people have rushed to the American media to say that, on the contrary, high tariffs are horrible.

Trump is right. Although these levies would increase costs to American consumers, the costs would not be nearly as great as experts say. Moreover, there are other considerations, both economic and national security, favoring raising tariffs now.

by Blazingcatfur•July 29, 2024July 29, 2024•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "EV's - Electric Vehicles", USA

Chinese media reports Joly ‘reprimanded’ after being summoned for unannounced meeting

Chinese media has reported Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly was severely “reprimanded” during her unannounced three-day visit to China on request of Beijing.

Joly told the Globe and Mail it was she who was “stern” with her Chinese counterpart Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and said she “raised very firmly” the matter of Chinese interference in Canadian elections.

by Blazingcatfur•July 25, 2024July 25, 2024•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Tasha Kheiriddin: China aims to keep Mélanie Joly in line — is she even aware?

Whenever a Canadian politician travels abroad, it’s always useful to see how the foreign press reports on their trip. It helps one gain insight into how the host country really sees Canada, and whether we are accomplishing anything, or just shooting ourselves in the foot. Case in point: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ill-fated jaunt to India in 2018, which was panned by the Indian media for his Bollywood cosplay and photo ops with Sikh extremists. Not exactly a shining moment on the world stage.

This is Justin performing for Canada’s China class. No doubt he has visions of large donations to his foundation post politics.

by Blazingcatfur•July 24, 2024July 24, 2024•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

David Mulroney: Foreign Minister Joly, Xi Jinping’s China doesn’t do ‘dialogue’

Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly’s visit to Beijing last week was built around an understanding of China that’s at least a decade out of date.

The minister and more than a few media analysts lauded the opportunity (the first by a Canadian foreign minister in almost seven years) for “dialogue” with China’s leadership. But dialogue involves a conversation, a shared approach to illuminate or resolve an issue. It’s what happens when senior officials from normal countries meet. But China hasn’t been a normal country since Xi Jinping ascended to paramount leadership in 2013. Xi’s China doesn’t do dialogue.

Justin’s backers are in love with Xi’s dollars.

by Blazingcatfur•July 24, 2024July 23, 2024•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Terry Glavin: Mélanie Joly can’t wait to make up with China’s dictators

It’s a circle that can’t be easily squared.

On the one hand, there’s the spectacle of Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly happily abasing herself at the feet of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday after being summoned to China to take instruction on how Canada should behave itself as Xi Jinping persists in flouting international trade rules, accelerates his encirclement of Taiwan and pours ever greater resources into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

by Blazingcatfur•July 22, 2024July 22, 2024•0•"Canada - Security Risk Under Liberal Party Regime", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Joly tells China’s top diplomat Canada won’t ‘tolerate any form of interference in our democracy’

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she didn’t soft-pedal Beijing’s interference in Canadian affairs or its human-rights record during blunt talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi last week, a one-day visit aimed at reopening channels of dialogue after six years of a deep freeze in bilateral relations.

Ms. Joly met with the Chinese foreign minister for three and a half hours at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing on Friday but the two ministers did not break any significant ground in strained bilateral relations. A major reset is unlikely in part because of unfavourable perceptions of China among Canadians, she said.

Uh, what is Joly talking about? It’s not “the government” that has a problem with China interfering in our elections, threatening our citizens etc. but “Canadian perceptions”? …What? https://t.co/3uvO0fke47 pic.twitter.com/tbm7v6S5bp

— Robyn Urback (@RobynUrback) July 22, 2024

by Blazingcatfur•July 22, 2024July 22, 2024•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Mothers Blame China, Cartels for Using Fentanyl to Wage War on US Families

Marquita Berry remembers hearing music playing softly as she walked into her son’s bedroom last October.

She found him sitting cross-legged at the end of the bed, leaning forward, with one earbud resting on his shoulder.

“I reached out to touch him, and I could tell that he was no longer….” Ms. Berry said, her voice trailing off.

by Blazingcatfur•July 21, 2024July 20, 2024•0•"China - Communist Slave State", USA

ANALYSIS: Why Foreign Minister Joly Is Visiting China at This Time

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly’s visit to China comes at a time when there’s increased scrutiny of the Beijing regime’s meddling in Canada and harassment of the diaspora community, raising questions about the timing of the trip.

An ongoing public commission is currently examining China’s interference in federal elections and other areas of society. And just this month, the RCMP in Quebec took the unusual step of launching a public campaign calling for tips about Beijing’s harassment of Canada’s Chinese diaspora.

The Liberals are anti-Trump weasels and likely fear they will be stiff armed in trade by the Trump presidency, so naturally the LPC seeks out a fellow weasel regime for trade purposes.

by Blazingcatfur•July 20, 2024July 19, 2024•0•"Canada - Security Risk Under Liberal Party Regime", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government