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In 2019, the Macdonald Laurier Institute accurately predicted how China's interference in Canadian politics would manifest today. It's alarming that Justin Trudeau has been briefed by CSIS annually since then, yet has not been transparent. Additionally, the Elections chief claimed he received no evidence of interference in 2021 or 2029, despite CSIS briefings and alerts from the Chinese diaspora acting as watchdogs. This situation is truly mind-boggling.
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𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐄 In 2019...The Macdonald Laurier Institute predicted surgically how China's interference in Canadian politics would unfold today! Proof, @JustinTrudeau was briefed by CSIS every year since 2019 from MSM & has been lying to everyone since. #ShareThis https://t.co/mHB9SEGi7w
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Canada's spy agency warns that China's media manipulation is becoming normalized, raising concerns about foreign interference in elections. Reports suggest that a covert network funded by Chinese state entities may have influenced the 2019 and 2021 elections, favoring a Liberal minority government while targeting Conservatives. Intelligence indicates that funds from the Chinese consulate were allegedly funneled to federal candidates through a Toronto businessman. The Chinese Communist Party utilizes various tactics, including disinformation campaigns and control over Chinese-language media, to undermine political opponents. Experts emphasize the need for stronger measures against foreign interference to protect Canadian democracy, highlighting the risks posed by potential financial incentives for candidates aligned with Beijing's interests.
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Speaker 0: There has never been any information given to me on the funding of federal candidates by China.
Speaker 1: Canada's spy agency is warning that China's attempts to manipulate the media are becoming the new normal. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service raised that issue in a meeting with prime minister Trudeau earlier this year, and there are renewed calls now for a much tougher approach to foreign interference.
Speaker 2: Trudeau did not address reporting by Global News that sources say a clandestine election interference network was covertly funded by Chinese state entities in the 2019 federal election, and that the prime minister was briefed in 2022 by Canadian intelligence officials on these stunning allegations of political interference schemes. Canada's chief electoral officer says he's not aware of Beijing interfering beyond global news reports.
Speaker 3: I've not received any reports regarding specific instances of noncompliance with the legislation or or or specific instances of Chinese interference in the election.
Speaker 4: MLI senior fellow, J Michael Cole, warns that Ottawa also needs to contend with the possibility of interference by Beijing. The Chinese regime has every reason to regard the upcoming elections as an opportunity and to engineer the election of a future government that is more to its liking. The Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, has a variety of tools at its disposal, honed by experience in other jurisdictions such as Taiwan. For example, it could escalate its economic warfare against Canada by targeting sectors of the economy and export reliant parts of the country with the aim of alienating those ridings from the current government. I woke up to an explosive report
Speaker 5: in The Globe and Mail this morning reporting that CSIS documents viewed by the newspaper reveal China's strategy to influence the 2021 election. Beijing wanted the Liberals to be elected but only to a minority mandate. And according to the documents, China viewed the conservatives as too harsh on China and used disinformation campaigns against them. Alleged Chinese government election interference is rattling Canadian politics. A string of media reports based on leaked intelligence reveals both the 2019 and 2021 elections were targeted.
Senior government officials are adamant the integrity of those elections were not compromised. The allegations though are alarming And my next guest says they're just the tip of the iceberg. Chuck Kwan is cochair of the Toronto Association For Democracy in China. He joins us now from Toronto. Mister Kwan, welcome to the show.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 5: What can you tell us about how Beijing runs foreign interference operations in Canada?
Speaker 6: Well, it all started about 34 years ago, after Tiananmen Square massacre when Beijing was eager to burnish its image internationally. And they have start setting up, what I would call proxy organizations. And through these organizations and through their proxies, Beijing has been able to exert very soft influence in many ways, in many levels of our government.
Speaker 5: Is that the primary focus or do these operations primarily target Chinese Canadians?
Speaker 6: No. They are targeted at Canadian society and at large.
Speaker 5: How concerned are you about how the government hasn't done enough or do you think believe the government hasn't done
Speaker 6: enough? We can go from website and see who's who who's who and who's meeting whom and that includes a lot of Canadian politicians and government officials being wine and dined.
Speaker 5: So help me understand this because the allegation right now, the headline story right now certainly in the Globe and Mail, what was that China wanted to help elect Liberals to get a Liberal minority government and they wanted to defeat conservatives who they believed were had policies that were unfavorable to China. In your experience on monitoring this, is it that starkly partisan? Is China in your view interested in electing Liberals at the expense of Conservatives?
Speaker 6: They understand that, perhaps from the proper days, the the the Conservatives are a little bit tougher on them than the Liberals would, and that's why in the last 10, 12 years, they have been pretty much putting the money on the Liberals. Certainly, they are the beneficiary of the Chinese operation.
Speaker 4: Given the large number of accredited Chinese diplomats in Canada, we can assume Beijing has thoroughly studied potential vulnerabilities. Likewise, candidates who hew closer to Beijing's line might be promised greater Chinese investment in their writings. Additionally, the Communist Party of China may rely on its various proxies in the business community political donors, captured elites in academia, think tanks and retired government officials as well as communities with large concentrations of ethnic Chinese to undermine the electoral prospects of politicians seeking election.
Speaker 2: Separate sources with knowledge of the 2022 intelligence briefs told Global News funds from the Chinese consulate in Toronto allegedly facilitated by a Toronto businessman, Wei Chung Yi, totaling some $250,000 was transferred first to an unnamed Ontario MPP and a federal candidate staff member. Wei Chung Yi denies the allegations. From there, sources say the money was distributed to members of a clandestine network. Intelligence says the network was comprised of at least 11 federal candidates along with 13 campaign staffers.
Speaker 4: The Communist Party of China also enjoys near total control of Chinese language media in Canada. Adding to the rampant disinformation being circulated on social media apps, the regime has perfected the practice of discrediting politicians over many years in Taiwan and Hong Kong. And the CCP's content farms are known to spread dis and misinformation, cause confusion, and embattled a targeted government by forcing it to dedicate large amounts of resources to debunking false claims.
Speaker 1: Canada's spy agency is warning that China's attempts to manipulate the media are becoming the new normal. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service raised that issue in a meeting with prime minister Trudeau earlier this year, and there are renewed calls now for a much tougher approach to foreign interference. Catherine Tunney reports.
Speaker 7: Foreign interference is becoming more sophisticated, frequent, and insidious. That's a warning the head of Canada's spy agency gave to the prime minister during a meeting earlier this year. According to briefing docs prepped ahead of that meeting, CSIS warned the prime minister that foreign states were trying to influence media to get their message out. In particular, the People's Republic of China's media influence activities in Canada have become normalized. Chinese language media outlets operating in
Speaker 4: Canada and members of the Chinese Canadian community are primary targets of PRC directed foreign influenced activities. Cyberattacks against political parties, local governments, election Canada websites, and other critical sectors can also be used as a means to interfere with elections and, as with disinformation, erode public confidence in the integrity of an election. And we cannot rule out the possibility that the Communist Party of China will seek to buy outright certain candidates with promises of money or lucrative deals at some point in the future. Finally, in the case of the Liberal Party, former Prime Minister Jean Quetin's recent proposal to visit Beijing and negotiate a deal with Communist Party officials an idea that would ensure the future capture of Canadian nationals whenever Beijing entered into a dispute with Ottawa illustrates the potential for a serious split within the party, which could be exploited by Beijing. Every effort must be made by our intelligence and law enforcement agencies, by the judiciary, and by other government agencies to track suspected foreign interference and implement appropriate defensive measures.
Speaker 8: So we have had ample time to have an honest discussion, which I think is not people are not prepared to have. It is also why people are resisting a foreign agent registry because of the number of Canadian elites that would get ensnared in such a registry. These are very serious matters in a parliamentary democracy, and there are many options available to the government today if it wants to show that it is serious about defending Canadian democracy. We need to decide, are we standing with the tyrants, or are we standing up for Canadian democracy?
Speaker 0: There has never been any information given to me on the funding of federal candidates by China.
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The most shocking was the Elections' chief saying he did not receive any evidence about the 2029 or 2021 interference by China, when CSIS briefed the PM both years and the Chinese diaspora bring this to the attention of CSIS as well acting as a watchdod...@echipiuk Mind boggling
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Multiple liberal officials were found breaking ethics rules, including awarding contracts to friends and failing to report personal loans. One member was caught without clothes during a virtual session. These actions are seen as putting everyone at risk. Ethical breaches continue to occur, causing concern and frustration.
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Speaker 0: Another liberal was found to have broken ethics rules this past week.
Speaker 1: Those people are putting us all at risk.
Speaker 2: We invoked the act because it was the advice of nonpartisan professional law enforcement.
Speaker 3: Did you ask the government or representatives for the invocation of the Emergency Act?
Speaker 4: No. There was never a question of requesting the Emergency Act.
Speaker 3: So you never asked for it?
Speaker 4: No. We actually reached out to various police agencies.
Speaker 1: Those people are putting us all at risk.
Speaker 5: Do we have any evidence, minister, that, the ArriveCAN app is suppressing cross border travel and tourism?
Speaker 1: There is no evidence, Ms. Kitrakis.
Speaker 6: Officials appear to see the uptake statistics that, the government is seeing for the ArriveCAN app. With the contact time that a border officer is spending with a traveler. Certainly that has gone up quite substantially and border infrastructure wasn't designed for those types of wait times.
Speaker 1: Those people are putting us all at risk.
Speaker 7: Another Liberal cabinet minister was called out today for breaking federal ethics rules by awarding 2 contracts to a friend she has known for nearly 20 years.
Speaker 5: Let me be clear in saying once again that I made a mistake. My office contracted services from someone close to me, a friend. But because of our friendship, I should have recused myself from any and all dealings. Those people are putting us all at risk.
Speaker 2: Rajvindra Singh Grewal is accused of failing to report 1, 000, 000 of dollars in personal loans, Bev, to the ethics commissioner. Also, the Mounties are saying he solicited loans for his own benefit by using his public office and also say, that he administered his constituency office budget for his own benefit.
Speaker 1: Those people are putting us all at risk.
Speaker 8: And a Liberal member of parliament was caught without clothes during the virtual House of Commons today.
Speaker 1: And those people are putting us all at risk. Another liberal, another apology.
Speaker 2: I am very sorry.
Speaker 9: The latest from Quebec MP Greg Fergus found to have violated the Conflict of Interest Act.
Speaker 1: And those people are putting us all at risk.
Speaker 10: Trudeau's former finance minister Bill Morneau was found to have violated the Conflict of Interest Law after Dion determined we Charity founders Craig and Mark Kielberger were legally friends of Morneau's and Morneau's actions were judged to have advanced their interests.
Speaker 1: And those people are putting us all at risk.
Speaker 7: Why do these ethical breaches keep happening? First of all,
Speaker 1: those people are putting us all at risk.
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Justin Trudeau is facing ethics questions after a charity asked him to return his speaking fee for an event that didn't make any money. The charity wanted to raise $300,000 for new beds for a nursing home but ended up losing money. Trudeau is asked if he feels obligated to give back the $20,000 fee. He responds by saying he will work with the charity to fix the situation. The interviewer questions Trudeau's decision to charge a fee for a charity event and suggests it goes against the image he is trying to portray to Canadians.
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Speaker 0: Well, Justin Trudeau finds himself a target of ethics questions this weekend after a charity asked him to send his speaking fee back a year after an event which didn't draw enough people to make any money. The Liberal leader is with us now to face his own question period. So let me make sure, I have this straight. A charity in New Brunswick says they wanna raise about $300,000, for some new beds for a nursing home. They try to reach for a big name, which you were the to try to draw people in.
Didn't work out. They ended up losing money. They want it back. Do you feel any obligation at this point to give that $20,000 feedback?
Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna answer that in a moment, but I wanna I wanna sort of set the table a little bit.
Speaker 0: So are you pledging because you earned 100 of 1,000 of dollars as an MP speaking. Are you pledging to give all of that money back, or are you saying if you wanna hold an event, I'll show up for free? Back. This was a charity. Back.
Did you know it was a charity at the time?
Speaker 1: That's not good enough. I'm gonna, work with them and deal with them straight and fix the situation that they that they have.
Speaker 0: Back. What does it say about Justin Trudeau when he heard that this was a an 80 bed nursing home and it was their 1st fundraiser trying to do a good thing that at the time, you still said, I want my fee. One of the things, though, is I have never, I have never charged for a charity. Do you accept, back, that until today, that the way you conducted yourself, on the question of speaking fees and the celebrity that you're able to, you know, make money off of, frankly, that that was working counter to the case that you're trying to make to Canadians.
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**Must Watch** The Ghost of Christmas Past..... When the Liberal Government gets outed for medical collusion and corruption with pharma companies by other Liberals accidentally. And we are supposed to guess that 2019-2022 was any different??? Please Share Everywhere
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The vaccine contract awarded to a single supplier is under scrutiny for potential political influence. The Liberal party criticized the Harper government for jeopardizing the health and safety of Canadians by relying on one supplier. The original contract, awarded by the Liberal government, was for 10 years to Shire Biochem, which later became owned by GlaxoSmithKline. The contract, valued at over $323 million, was signed in 2001 before any vaccine was produced. Additionally, Shire Biochem donated $56,000 to the Liberal Party in the same year they secured the contract.
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Speaker 0: News has learned that some old style politics may have been involved in awarding the vaccine contract to a single supplier.
Speaker 1: Liberals continue to blast the Harper government. In a letter yesterday, the party president asked, shouldn't we have understood that we are putting the health and safety of Canadians at risk by putting all our eggs in 1 basket. Why? Who made that decision? He probably should have asked Jean Chretien.
CTV News has obtained the original contract it was awarded by the Liberal government for 10 years to Shire Biochem. GlaxoSmithKline ultimately came to own the plant near Quebec City. The pandemic swine flu contract was still enforced. Back in 2001 before any vaccine was produced, CTV News has learned the contract was worth more than $323,000,000. Elections Canada also show the original company Shire Biochem donated a whopping $56,000 to the Liberal Party of Canada In the same year, they won the lucrative pandemic contract.