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Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

Sure, South Korea may be on the fast track to communist dictatorship, but no matter.

Canada and South Korea have signed a new defence agreement, roughly a month after Prime Minister Mark Carney urged middle powers to band together in the face of “great power” economic coercion.

Following negotiations that concluded in October, the two countries signed a deal Wednesday related to the exchange and protection of classified military and defence information.

In October, Ottawa said the agreement would be a legal basis to improve collaboration on everything from defence procurement and industrial security to research.

Chinese approval of the deal is a slam dunk.

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

He uses up a lot of words to say, “Yes, just like China.”

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

It’s his nature.

As the foreign interference inquiry found:

“The People’s Republic of China (PRC) targets members of Chinese Canadian diaspora communities for the purposes of repression, influence and forced return of targeted individuals to the PRC.

“It deploys a wide range of tradecraft to carry out its activities, one of which is to use a person’s family and friends living in the PRC as leverage against them.

“The PRC uses its diplomatic missions, PRC international students, community organizations and private individuals, among others, to carry out its transnational repression activities.”

Given that, why does the recent trade deal between Canada and China lifting some tariffs on EVs, canola and other products include a joint statement to strengthen law enforcement cooperation between us in the name of “public safety and security”?

Doctors And Engineers

The Bureau;

A fast-evolving case with potential national security implications has resulted in new weapons charges, following a trespassing investigation that began January 24 at Western University and led to the discovery of “numerous precursor substances and finished high explosives” at a London home. The probe has since expanded to include warrant executions in Ottawa and Gatineau, Quebec. […]

The four suspects, who have requested Mandarin translation services in court proceedings, face mounting charges related to the unlawful possession of explosives following an incident that began when campus police called for assistance on a break-in at Western University’s engineering buildings early Saturday, January 24.

A trespasser was arrested at an engineering building following a foot pursuit. Officers seized a loaded handgun during the arrest and identified a second suspect.

While the university has not responded to The Bureau’s questions, CBC has reported that “the accused were currently attending, or were alumni, at Western University.”

Police then executed a search at 212 Chesham Avenue — approximately 1.9 kilometres from Western’s main engineering campus — where they arrested the second suspect and discovered hazardous chemicals. Two additional suspects were arrested at the residence.

Jerry Tong, 27, of Gatineau, and Zekun Wang, 26, of London, were charged with unlawful possession of explosives. Fei Han, 25, and Feiyang Ji, 21, both of London, also face charges of unlawful possession of explosives.

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

Trouble at head office.

The weekend delivered a jolt from Beijing that underscores a theme Chris Meyer and I have explored across multiple podcast discussions: Xi Jinping’s regime can look strong yet be brittle.

China’s Defence Ministry says it has opened investigations into senior military figures including Gen. Zhang Youxia, a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission—an escalation that is shaking the top ranks of the People’s Liberation Army and fuelling fresh questions, inside and outside China, about whether this is an anti-corruption purge, a political power struggle, or both. […]

Chris and I also discuss the obvious: Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new strategic engagement with Beijing, already questionable to many critics of China’s hybrid warfare efforts in the West and especially targeting Canada, now looks increasingly dubious as questions hover over the stability of Xi’s regime.

More: China just took over a Canadian gold mining company in a $5.5 BILLION deal.

New. World. Order.

Damage control.

Statement from the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy:

“As the Prime Minister said this week, Canada and the United States have built a remarkable partnership in our economy and security — and we will remain focused on ensuring the future of that relationship will benefit workers and businesses on both sides of our border.

There is no pursuit of a free trade deal with China. What was achieved was resolution on several important tariff issues.

Canada’s new government is building a stronger Canadian economy, with a plan that is building our strength at home and strengthening our trading partnerships throughout the world.”

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

I think Trump’s long game here is to ensure Mark Carney gets his majority.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 100% tariff on Canada if it makes a trade deal with China and warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that a deal would endanger his country.

“China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.”

And then peel off Alberta in the aftermath.

Related: Pro-China Networks Amplified Carney’s Beijing Messaging to Attack U.S. Policy

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

It’s kind of amazing the way Liberal politicians live up to my headlines, if I do say so myself.

Last week, the Prime Minister’s Office announced that Canada and the People’s Republic of China will enhance law enforcement cooperation on drug trafficking, transnational and cybercrime, and money laundering. On paper, this sounds reasonable. Fentanyl is devastating communities. Cybercrime drains billions. Organized crime adapts faster than borders.

But experience teaches me that cooperation with the PRC is never just technical, never apolitical, and never insulated from the priorities of the Chinese Communist Party. Canadians deserve to understand the risks.

In Canada, policing is constrained by courts, disclosure rules, independent prosecutors, and an entrenched—if imperfect—commitment to individual rights. In the PRC, law enforcement is an extension of state security. Its primary function is not public safety as Canadians understand it, but regime stability.

Well, to be fair, regime stability is important to Ottawa as well.

Related: Liberals are now claiming that CLIPS of bureaucrats testifying in Parliament are a “safety risk” to officials

Bending The Knee

Anna Farrow- Mr. Carney goes to Beijing and lands a triple kowtow

In a Jan. 13 interview with The Hub, former Canadian ambassador to China David Mulroney told Harrison Lowman that, “what Mr. Carney is doing is uncomfortably like what foreign leaders used to do with Chinese emperors which is to come to China and bend the knee and profess your loyalty.” Carney was warned about the dangerous pitfalls, or in the spirit of the kowtow, faceplants, inherent in the enterprise.

Our Chinese-Installed Governor In Ottawa

@FoodProfessor updates:

[…] No progress on tariffs imposed on Canadian pork, canola, and seafood exports to China, according to @CTVNews

Serious question: Did PM Carney actually meet with China’s President Xi?

I haven’t seen any footage during this trip showing both leaders in the same room.

@RobertFife – China propaganda mouthpiece tells @MarkJCarney to be subservient to Beijing

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