“Foreign Interference” – Page 4

Salted Ducks, Supercars, and State Access: How FBI Agents Say Beijing Bought Influence in the Heart of New York Government

NEW YORK — The upcoming trial of Linda Sun — also known as Wen Sun — may prove to be the most sophisticated and high-level political infiltration operation in the United States publicly tied to Beijing’s United Front system. A youthful, naturalized immigrant from China, Sun rose through New York State’s bureaucracy to become a senior diversity official. Now, she stands accused of secretly manipulating two Democratic governors — effectively scripting Andrew Cuomo’s praise of Chinese pandemic mask shipments, while blocking Governor Kathy Hochul from meeting Taiwanese officials and ensuring her silence on the Chinese Communist Party’s mass detention of Uyghurs.

by Blazingcatfur•July 19, 2025July 18, 2025•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada, USA

Jamie Sarkonak: Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree is unfit for office

One basic prerequisite for becoming public safety minister should be a lack of perceived conflicts of interest with terror organizations. Heck, it should be a requirement for candidacy as an MP, long before cabinet enters the conversation.

But no such requirement formally exists, which is why we have Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, who remains in his office despite recusing himself from all files involving two Tamil terrorist groups, and who, Canadians learned Tuesday, wrote letters of support to assist a former Tamil Tiger member’s immigration efforts.

by Blazingcatfur•July 19, 2025July 18, 2025•0•"Foreign Interference", "Identity Politics", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

‘Canada is the most infiltrated country’: Iranian Canadians fear the regime’s borderless terror

Toronto resident Daniel was not in Iran’s good books even before Israel and the United States showered the country with missiles and bombs last month.

While working as a telecommunications supplier in Iran, he says he deliberately sabotaged schemes to evade sanctions and import equipment for military use, earning the regime’s ire. A member of Iran’s tiny Jewish community, he eventually fled the Islamic Republic and ended up in Canada a decade ago.

by Blazingcatfur•July 18, 2025July 18, 2025•0•"Foreign Interference", "Islamophobia", Canada, Iran, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Carney’s record on foreign interference is uninspiring, so far

Many of us who have been involved in the fight against foreign interference and in establishing a foreign transparency registry are frustrated by the new government’s apparent lack of concern on this issue. Foreign interference by hostile regimes was not mentioned in the Speech from the Throne read by King Charles, nor in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s mandate letter to cabinet.

by Blazingcatfur•July 10, 2025July 9, 2025•0•"Foreign Interference", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

ROBSON: Foreign terror threat blind spot is Canada’s gift to our enemies

Canada is dangerously unprepared to identify and counter foreign extremist threats operating just outside — or increasingly within — our borders.

As Western allies sharpen their legal tools to confront modern paramilitary networks, Canada remains behind. For example, a bipartisan bill introduced June 23 in the U.S. House of Representatives calls for the designation of the Polisario Front as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO,) citing its alleged ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hezbollah, and the PKK. That debate may seem uniquely American — but the question it raises is not.

by Blazingcatfur•June 30, 2025June 30, 2025•0•"Foreign Interference", Canada, Terrorism - Domestic

No evidence 2025 election affected by foreign interference: commissioner

Canada’s elections commissioner says she has no evidence the result of the federal election in April was affected by foreign interference, disinformation or voter intimidation.

In a preliminary report Wednesday, Commissioner Caroline Simard says her office received more than 16,000 complaints about the spring campaign which ended on April 28.

by Blazingcatfur•June 25, 2025June 25, 2025•0•"Foreign Interference", Canada

I served in Justin Trudeau’s PMO. This is what I think of Mark Carney’s first big mistake

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Canada for the G7 has generated a lot of chatter. Unfortunately, there’s a lot that has been missing in the conversation.

For starters, the Indian government’s belief that Canada is soft on extremists seeking to establish an independent Sikh state known as Khalistan isn’t exactly new. In fact, despite the fact I have now entered middle age, it’s about as old as I am. But as India-Canada relations appear to be entering a new phase under Prime Minister Carney, it’s worth considering what we are giving up by welcoming the Modi government back into our good graces.

We are a nation of Fifth Columns forever divided without hope of regaining a unifying identity.

by Blazingcatfur•June 20, 2025June 20, 2025•0•"Foreign Interference", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

India, Iran using crime groups to target opponents in Canada, CSIS report says

Foreign governments are using crime groups to go after political opponents in Canada, the country’s intelligence service said in its annual report released Wednesday.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service said it had detected “a concerning trend of states leveraging organized crime networks to conduct threat activity.”

Underworld syndicates are being tasked with conducting “transnational repression of legitimate speech in Canada, among other malign activities,” the report said.

by Blazingcatfur•June 18, 2025June 18, 2025•0•"Foreign Interference"

Canadians were promised a foreign agent registry — so where is it?

When Parliament passed a sweeping national security bill last June, the Liberal government promised to establish a foreign influence transparency registry to convict proxies trying to meddle in Canadian politics.

But nearly a year later, it remains unclear how soon the office will be up and running

“I think it’s a huge vulnerability that needs to be addressed and needs to be fixed,” said Dennis Molinaro, a former national security analyst with the federal government who now teaches at Ontario Tech University.

Carney’s cronies won’t want that.

by Blazingcatfur•May 23, 2025May 23, 2025•0•"Foreign Interference", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

We wagged our finger in vigorous fashion!

Canada Has Raised ‘Strong Concerns’ With Beijing for Targeting of Tory Candidate Joe Tay: Global Affairs

Ottawa says it has reached out to Chinese and Hong Kong authorities to express concerns over the targeting of Conservative candidate and Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate Joe Tay, and that it is monitoring the situation closely after Tay’s relatives were taken in for questioning last week.

by Blazingcatfur•May 15, 2025May 14, 2025•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Pro-Beijing Diaspora Group That Lobbied to Oust O’Toole Now Calls for Poilievre’s Resignation Amid PRC Interference Probes

MARKHAM — A controversial diaspora pressure group with ties to Chinese consular circles in Toronto is demanding that Pierre Poilievre step down, following an election marked by Beijing’s attacks on Conservative candidates, and renewing the same type of challenge it posed to former leader Erin O’Toole, which first drew national security attention after the 2021 federal contest.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•May 14, 2025May 13, 2025•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Weaselly ChiCom Senator silent after promoting Gaza fundraiser tied to anti-Israel group

Sen. Yuen Pau Woo (B.C.) declined to comment after publicly endorsing a Gaza fundraiser organized by Labour For Palestine, a group known for anti-Israel protests and confrontations with federal lawmakers.

“In these desperate times for Palestinians please consider supporting this,” Woo wrote on social media, promoting a $60-a-plate event in Vancouver scheduled for May 11.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2025May 11, 2025•0•"Foreign Interference", WTF?

Chinese ambassador insists China, Canada can move past ‘normal’ differences …

Following years of diplomatic and trade tensions, China’s ambassador to Canada, Wang Di, insists the two countries can move past what he characterizes as “normal” differences.

“For China and Canada to bring our relationship back onto the right track, we need to seek common ground while reserving differences in a constructive way,” Wang said through a translator in an exclusive broadcast interview with CTV’s Question Period, airing Sunday.

“China and Canada have a lot of differences, and this is very, very normal,” he also said.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2025May 11, 2025•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Hong Kong Police Detain Relatives of Canadian Conservative Candidate Targeted by Liberal Party at behest of Beijing masters

Hong Kong Police Detain Relatives of Canadian Candidate Targeted by Beijing Election Interference

HONG KONG / OTTAWA — In a striking escalation of Beijing’s interference in Canada’s Parliament and its global campaign to silence dissent, Hong Kong police have reportedly detained and questioned relatives of former Conservative election candidate Joe Tay—who was targeted by aggressive Chinese cyber and ground operations during the recent federal campaign, according to The Bureau’s intelligence sources.

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•May 8, 2025May 8, 2025•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

China Now Controls Australia’s Elections

A little cautionary tale about mass migration and Chinese social media apps.

With days left to the election, Australian opposition candidates have been wooing a crucial group that turned its back on the conservative Liberal-National coalition in the last election: Chinese Australian voters.

And they are trying to reach them on platforms that their party once talked of banning over national security concerns: Chinese social media apps like WeChat and RedNote.

by Blazingcatfur•May 4, 2025May 3, 2025•0•"China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Australia