A former commander of Canadian troops in Afghanistan is urging the federal government to reject a takeover of an Arctic gold mine by a Chinese state-owned enterprise.
Retired major-general David Fraser said this rejection should form part of a strategic rethink aimed at keeping China out of Canada’s Far North.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet recently ordered a formal national security review of the proposed acquisition of Toronto-based
TMAC Resources Inc. by Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd., a Chinese state-owned conglomerate and one of the world’s largest gold producers.
A senior government official told The Globe and Mail that the Canadian military is opposed to the transaction because of Beijing’s growing economic and military threat in the High Arctic. The Globe is not identifying the official who was not authorized to publicly discuss the security review under way.
Mr. Fraser said Ottawa should turn down the $207.4-million takeover, citing the mine’s location in Hope Bay, an inlet on the Northwest Passage, as
well as its proximity to Canadian early warning radar facilities.
“This thing has a port attached to it. [China has] written a paper saying they want to be a near-Arctic power. Well, this gives them actual Arctic access,” Mr. Fraser said in an interview.
“If you look at what they have done on the South China Sea to extend their area of influence – what’s to stop them, once they get squatter’s rights and get into this port, of doing the same thing up there?”
Not this government. They’ll send the RCMP to carry their bags of cash.
Rest is here.
Why would a proven ball washer of Xi (Prince Pretty Socks) not automatically bend over or get on his knees to orders from Beijing?
Of course, this deal and access to the north is a precondition for Trudeau getting the Chinese engineered vaccine to the Chinese engineered flu. he just couldn’t get a western vaccine because he does not admire our lack of basis dictatorship. Something he is working very hard to remedy. #liberalssuck
“Bananada Last” policy on display. Don’t waste your breath – it’s another dung deal from the leader in the field, Justine, selling Bananada off a piece at a time.
Pfffffttt…they’re drilling for oil off the coast of NFLD as we speak so don’t expect Trudeau to magically morph into some kind of Pro Canada Anti-Sino hardass.
Besides, it’s well in keeping with his globalist “we are the world” ideology where possessing a whiff of nationalism will keep him from eating with the cool kids at the U.N. cafeteria.
Perhaps it would just be better if China was forced to abide by the same rules it puts in place for companies that want to operate in China.
you know things like ownership can be seized by the government at any time, all your IP belong to us, etc…
Arctic China. Of course. Not our natural resources or our data? How stupid are these people?
Asked and answered. Cabin boy talks about reimagining our economy away from carbon, aka further reliance on foreign sources of energy, as China belts out more CO2 in a day than Canada in a week, her growth alone eclipsing our entire output.
The only climate emergency is conning people to warm up to the idea of more taxes, regulation and reduced standard of living.
Add that to a $450b deficit thanks to Grit grifters. NP Post hopes it lights a fire under the economy. More like burns it down.
https://financialpost.com/executive/executive-summary/posthaste-federal-deficit-could-hit-450-billion-but-will-it-be-enough-to-light-a-fire-under-the-canadian-economy?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1606746818
A huge portion of the fire will be lit at Amazon, whose ‘stuff’ is made in China, so yup, the fire hose of money continues to point East.
Does anyone expect the treasonous grifters in the Liberal Party of Canada to stand up against the ChiComs? They’re all bought and paid for by Beijing and deserve to hang from the lampposts lining Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill.
When Angry Adolf gives permission to China, Inuit and Indians had better keep a low profile or they will end up in a concentration on Baffin Island. And then be harvested for body parts.
Who do you think will be wiped out first?
There will be a real genocide and Canadians will be fine with it.
It’s all about accepting how weak one’s country is.
More like how weak the people are.
Keep china away from anything that Canada owns. How stupid can our government leaders be….oops, I guess I just answered my own question !
The way the Chicoms roll, they could just ignore Canada and go in and take over. If the US says “FU Canada, bout time you stopped bitching at us to hold your water and do something yourselves”, then we’d have to sit there and take it, with sand.
No, Buddy, you don’t have to sit there and take it. You can send one of your carrier groups up there as a show of force.
Oh, wait… Never mind.
We sending 3 painted war canoes instead
candida, you win today lol!
Carrier groups are obsolete, princess.
Good. Let the Americans prove it by blasting the Chicoms out of the water.
In what universe?
Let me guess ruskie/chicom super duper new missile. Sure, heard that one for decades.
If a US administration either from the White House, or at the behest of Congress believe there is a threat from the chicoms getting a foothold in the Arctic, they could decide that Canada is a protectorate of the US.
That’s basically the only option to keep the chicoms belt and road out of the Arctic.
Don’t look to Ottawa to do anything about this, they are too concerned with shutting down small businesses over a flu bug.
In a normal country, things would never get this far. If they did, the people would rise up against this.
But this is Canada.
Get used to being the new coolies, Canadians.
Oh, sure, they’ll flagellate themselves for a bit out of “white guilt” or whatever they are calling it these days but after being told to eat gruel and not Cheetos … well, that’s when people will get mad.
Just where is this “mine” that even a Canadian company can’t get it operational and off the ground? Half way across the Arctic, oh it has “a port”, so ships can come and go to service it and ship out the ore? Or they got a smelter up there, too? I posted about this a while back. If it was a viable, economic winner, WTF do they need the Chicoms for? Especially stuck in the middle of the DEWS? Another China Biden, Globalist “win”. Where’s Chretien, Powercorp, the Trudeau Foundation and especially that “shut down Canaduh”, anti CO2 Butts? I’ve toured mines like this one. The only thing being “mined”, are/were the public. That’s you. Now you know why it’s for sale….cheap, that only a Chinaman would buy it. Better still, it’s stuck out in the boonies, far from prying eyes. I’ve seen the pics.
Who owns the current lot of shares? Bueller?
Oh, another thing, we’re entering another Maunder Minimum, so scotch that “Arctic is melting” meme.
Every other sane company is scrambling to get out of canaduh except the chicoms. Wonder why? I’m guessing they’re envious of what well trained sheep we have here.
There was a pic on the internet some time ago of Trudeau attending a party in Toronto. It was at the mansion of a rich Chinese businessman. Trudeau collected a million dollar check for the TRUDEAU FAMILY FOUNDATION. It’s never about Canada with this corrupt dimwit. It’s always about HIM, just like his “Charity” that the Globe exposed. Blackie puts down the bong and steps outside for a paid for Press and reads whatever someone with a brain and no morals has written for him. If there’s a paycheck from the CCP in giving away Canada, Blackie is for it.
They shut down the oil industry for a bogus climate distraction. I expect they will do the same to the Mining industry because it hurts mother earth to extract minerals. Bye bye smart phones that use minerals along with many of the most vital products of civilization. A Chinese gold mine would get an exemption in a Liberal Canada. Our nation is sleepwalking into total submission. Adamson BBQ GoFundMe close to $280,000 now. Lots of donors give just 10 or 20 dollars. Yesterday there were 5,600 donors total. The little people speak.
It will be a military installation that could only be removed by force.
If Biden becomes President then it’s approved, along with China’s 5G Network and anything else they want. China probably has Trudeau’s NDA and all the dirt on him about having sex with the kids at that Vancouver school, and of course China and the CIA have all the dirt on Joe Biden, but the masses have been kept ignorant, so it’s still a tool in their toolbox.
Little Potato and his media will be allowed to put on a nice show of getting the two Michael’s back, but that’s about it.
I’m very worried that the next war will have us on one side and China on the other! How important is it to exclude a potential threat from our 5 G network, that we may be facing down shortly!
We do not want any part of them in our Arctic! But will our globalist Liberals recognizes this threat? No Chance!
Why would we ask the US to help is? Dont we Canadians hate them??
How utterly stupid. We should be happy anyone would invest in Canada at this point. How tf is investment going to get China to invade Canada? More YELLOW PERIL fantasies.