There's a Problem, and He's It!

"Amplifying and giving reasons, partisan reasons, to mistrust the outcome of an election, mistrust the experts at Elections Canada, and in our security services, and our top public servants, who are saying that the election integrity held, that's something that we have seen from elsewhere, is not a good path to go down for society or for democracy."

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for his part, said Thursday there were “many inaccuracies” about the CSIS reports, and that he “always” worries about national security.  PHOTO BY CHRISTINNE MUSCHI /Reuters

Question Justin Trudeau's lack of action, much less interest in the covert activity of Chinese agents during the last two general elections that confirmed Trudeau as prime minister of Canada and you're proving yourself Trumpian. Mr. Trudeau knows  how to categorize his critics. When legitimate protests came trundling by truck into downtown Ottawa, Trudeau knew they were up to no good, criticizing his government; they were scum, racists, white supremacists.

The 'Freedom Convoy' wanted to protest edicts mandated by their prime minister, that would refuse work to truckers who were not COVID-inoculated. They took umbrage at the government's lockdowns, isolation mandates, masking, vaccines and wanted their grievances to be heard, that they resented being labelled second-class citizens, racists and white supremacists, not the hard-working citizens that they were, exercising their Charter rights to protest in freedom of expression. 

As for Mr. Trudeau's suggestion that Canadians are losing trust in government and its agencies, it's hardly surprising. When one conflict-of-interest after another has been revealed, one instance after another of unethical behaviour by the prime minister himself, investigated by the parliamentary ethics officer who labelled them ethics breaches. From accepting the Aga Khan's island vacation retreat for his family, to applying pressure to the-then Minister of Justice to withdraw criminal charges against SNC Lavalin.

Moral breaches in groping a female reporter, then denying it, claiming that people 'see things differently'. For his personal vendetta against the former vice-chief of the defence staff, Vice-Admiral Mark Norman whom he accused of leaking confidential information to the press, when Trudeau was determined to bypass the need for a Canadian Navy supply vessel that Admiral Norman had negotiated for in his professional role. Admiral Norman was sued for breach of trust essentially by the prime minister and he was acquitted, but his career was in tatters.

Justin Trudeau's manipulations to award a 'charity' a munificent contract during the pandemic with no oversight or assurance that the We Charity could deliver organizationally on the details of the contract. The prime minister's personal involvement with the charity, its questionable practices, the fact that it paid hundreds of thousands to the prime minister's mother Margaret for promotional appearances, as well as his brother, a shabby performance overall.

“China-linked actors took an active role in seeking to influence the Sept. 20, 2021 parliamentary election in Canada, displaying signs of a coordinated campaign to influence behaviour among the Chinese diaspora.” 

Comprehensive November 2021 report by the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab.

But it is Justin Trudeau's long love affair with Communist China, with a belligerent, aggressive Beijing, refusing to release details about why it was that two research scientists working at Canada's most biologically secure research station were suddenly escorted out of the complex, along with their close ties to the research arm of the Chinese Peoples Revolutionary Army. His trip to China even while Beijing was causing security alarm among its near neighbours, to have a trade agreement signed.

The list of his misdemeanors is endless. When Canada's federal police force, the RCMP and its signal intelligence security agency, CSIS, advised the prime minister and his office that Chinese agents were attempting to interfere in Canadian elections, nothing was done about it. Evidence was discovered that 

China had engaged in voter-suppression in areas of the country where the opposition Conservatives held seats. In British Columbia, Chinese-Canadians withheld their votes for fear that Chinese authorities would scrutinize voters lists.

More latterly, Canada's national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, and Global News television reported what was already suspected, that a Toronto-area Liberal MP benefited from assistance from the Chinese consulate. CSIS had warned the Liberals that Han Dong not be permitted to run under the Liberal label. It had already been revealed that Chinese language newspapers published in Canada influenced Chinese-Canadian voters to cast ballots for the Liberals, more friendly to China than the Conservative opposition. 

Evidence surfaced that eleven candidates for election were supplied with funding by China to aid their campaigns toward success. Although the Conservative Party won a majority of the votes, the Liberals won more riding seats, no small thanks to the Chinese Communist Party interference. While Mr. Trudeau has little option, given the evidence made public, but to agree there has been interference he contends it is limited and has not impeded Canadian democracy.

"In a free democracy it is not up to unelected security officials to dictate to political parties who can or cannot run [for election]."

"Han Dong is an outstanding member of our team and suggestions that he is somehow not loyal to Canada should not be entertained."

:We are extraordinarily lucky and happy to have a member of Parliament like Han Dong in our midst, serving his community, serving our country, alongside Chinese Canadian MPs from different parts of the country."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

The prime minister is not the least little bit concerned that other Chinese-Canadian Members of Parliament who ran under the Consrvative banner and who were opposed to China's influence in Canada went down to defeat as a result of the CCP's manipulation from within the Chinese-Canadian community. 

 

Kenny Chiu, the Conservative Party candidate for Steveston-Richmond, who says he lost his seat in 2021 due in part due to a wave of fake social media posts that may have been coordinated through People's Republic of China consulates. Photo by Photo by Jason Payne/ PNG

"It would be beyond outrageous if the prime minister of our country was made aware that one of his Liberal candidates was compromised by the Chinese Communist Party and outright refused to do the right thing."

"It is crucial for confidence in our democracy that we know what Justin Trudeau and his government knew, and when."

"[Trudeau and his government] cannot hide any longer."

Conservative MP Michael Cooper 

 

"[A public inquiry is the right] route [for the government to take]."

“It should be given a limited mandate so that they report … well before the next election. There should be an inquiry under the Inquiries Act so that they can … subpoena people and documents if need be,”

“I can’t see any compelling reason not to do it in the public interest except some partisan considerations.”

“I think in this case, the allegations are so serious they need to be looked into,”

“I think a public inquiry is really the route to go.”

 Richard Fadden, former head, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), former national security advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau