China currently has more carbon emissions than the entire developed world combined. But hey, let’s take the land away from farmers, cull cows, add net zero taxes, enforce 15 minute cities and ban gas stoves.
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) July 22, 2023
And their Chinese installed affiliates in media.
China’s election interference and political influence in Canada has been enabled by Beijing’s covert “takeover” of Chinese-language media, plus sophisticated, massively-funded schemes targeting mainstream outlets and seeking to control “key media entities” according to intelligence documents.
These clandestine operations have involved threats against journalists, the documents say, but also inducements, such as benefits offered by Vancouver’s Chinese Consulate to cultivate “key editors, producers and high-ranking managers.”
While the Trudeau Government faces a crisis of public confidence after intelligence leaks alleged Chinese diplomats directed funds clandestinely into Canada’s 2019 federal election, this new documentation adds another layer of concern, outlining Beijing’s overarching strategy to subvert democracy using Canada’s free press.
Beijing’s ultimate objective is influencing Canadian media to help elect politicians friendly towards the Chinese Communist Party and promoting reporting that favours its interests, the documents say.
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According to the unredacted June 2019 NSICOP report, the Chinese Communist Party also increasingly targets Canada’s media giants.
Under the subheading “Mainstream Canadian Media” it says Beijing has switched from a defensive strategy, focused on domestic censorship and expelling foreign journalists, to flooding international media outlets “with massive infusions of money.”
These funds aim to have Beijing’s propaganda published by major newspapers and broadcasters.
“CSIS assesses that Canadian media outlets have been heavily targeted in this regard,” the NSICOP document says.
It adds CSIS reported in 2017 that “PRC authorities have … attempted to use Canadian media outlets in order to deliberately publish false or misleading information.”
Throw Sam a few bucks if you’re able, he’s earned it. Unlike the jokers coasting on taxpayer largess.
Well, hunting is a sport: The Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) is sending almost 300 members to the World Police and Fire Games, which open Friday in Winnipeg.
As Olivia Chow campaigned successfully to become Toronto’s new mayor, she received some unsolicited help from controversial sources.
Two prominent community groups aligned with the Chinese government — including one that allegedly hosted a Chinese police station in Ontario — “went all out” to support Chow’s push to be mayor, supplying numerous volunteers to the effort, a letter from one of the groups claims.
A post last month on WeChat from Felicity Guo, deputy secretary general of the Canada Toronto Fuqing Business Association (CTFBA), one of the two groups, urged followers to back Chow. The message was accompanied by a photo of Guo, Chow and another woman.
The mayor-elect’s staff stressed that Chow never requested the two groups’ help, nor did they reach out and enquire if she wanted it.
Take a bow, Janet.
An illuminating Spaces with Marc Cohodes & Sam Cooper on mortgage fraud & money laundering in Canadian housing.
In the crisp air of my home in Vancouver, BC, I find myself grappling with the disquieting silence from two of our nation’s senators – Yuen Pau Woo and Victor Oh – in the aftermath of a violent incident at a protest they themselves had orchestrated. Amid the towering evergreens and the serene waters of the Pacific, the idyllic tranquility of my surroundings is jarringly at odds with the storm that’s brewing on our political landscape.
You see, Senators Woo and Oh had rallied the troops, so to speak, to oppose Bill S-237, a proposed legislation aimed at establishing a foreign agent registry. The idea behind this bill is a simple one – it’s about transparency and protecting our democracy from external interference. It’s about ensuring that our nation’s decisions remain in the hands of Canadians. But Senators Woo and Oh see it differently. To them, this legislation is an affront, an act of discrimination against specific countries.
They went to great lengths to express their dissent, planning a demonstration that saw up to 3,000 individuals making the journey from Toronto to Ottawa, transported via buses arranged by Senator Oh himself. The protest, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Immigration Act of 1923, was a testament to their conviction. But behind this show of solidarity, we have to ask ourselves – what were they really standing against?
It looks like some of them didn’t get the secret WeChat memo regarding “no singing of red slogans.” I did though.
A military style march to the People’s Liberation Army anthem… and are those Beijing Olympic jackets I spy?
How patriotic of them.
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— Andy Lee – Special Rebel Rapporteur (@RealAndyLeeShow) June 25, 2023
Why do I suspect a forensic audit might clear up a few things? Why did Trudeau meet with the Chinese police station boss?
Good afternoon, fellow Canadians. As your vigilant observer, I want to share with you some concerning revelations brought to light at the PROC committee meeting yesterday. Investigative journalist Sam Cooper unveiled the depth of foreign interference in our 2021 elections during his interview with Erin O’Toole.
Cooper’s sources indicated that as far back as 2021, CSIS was aware of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents tracking an MP. Even more disconcertingly, these agents supposedly approached potential voters about this candidate, a move CSIS regarded as ‘coordinated and alarming.’ Cooper himself became a target of the CCP after he published his book detailing their foreign interference.
And then plummeted to the concrete below.
These current and former Members of Parliament undermined Canadian security and democracy by seeking to stop CSIS pursuing People’s Republic of China interference in Canadian elections [in 2010]. They tried to get then CSIS Director Richard Fadden fired for publicly warning about Chinese electoral interference.
Each of them owe Canadians and Mr Fadden an apology, and we ought to ask some serious questions about any potential relationships they have with Chinese Communist Party and United Front members.
See the shocking report from the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security here and with screen-shots below…
Freeland is is shocked! “Shocked to find that communism is going on in here”.
Laura Love has the receipts: “Your winnings, Ma’am”
The calls are coming from inside the gates: Jared ‘Dethrone King Dollar’ Bernstein Confirmed As Top Biden Econ Adviser
h/t Jojodogfacedboy
Justin’s RCMP testifies that they get their information about Chinese meddling from the media.
Has lost a good man.
A special investigator named by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to probe alleged election interference by China on Friday said he would quit, citing widespread opposition to his appointment and work.
David Johnston, 81, said he would leave his post by the end of June, or as soon as he has delivered a brief final report. Last month he said Trudeau’s government had not ignored evidence of Chinese meddling and recommended against an official public inquest.
Such interesting times.
Chris Selley: Good grief. Judging from his resignation letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Johnston still doesn’t seem to understand what the problem was. At all.
CNN Banned All Reporting on Lab Leak Theory Because it was “Racist”
The unscrupulous recycling of cooking oil is a hazard China has long been all too familiar with. Merchants were once infamous for collecting waste to blend with clean edible oil, triggering scandals — and eventually crackdowns.
Today, with the waste-oil industry and westward exports booming thanks to Europe’s push for more green fuel, the questions are back.
European producers worry they’re being undercut by companies in Asia that are mixing fuels with cheaper feedstocks and mislabeling them in order to qualify for renewable-energy incentives.
There is circumstantial evidence for concern. A spike in Chinese exports to Europe over the past year has coincided with a significant increase in Chinese imports of palm waste and palm-based biofuel from Indonesia and Malaysia.
Those products have been shunned by European Union nations and their consumers, wary of encouraging deforestation and, in general, reluctant to use agricultural products for fuel.
Laura Love: Hmm, that’s a heck of a lot of money for the federal government to donate as “a gift” to David Johnston’s “Rideau Hall Foundation”. Ten million dollars for Johnston’s charity eh? Do the feds do this for others who are retiring? Why no, no they do not.
Trudeau can't change course because he knows that to do so means the rest will be spilled into public view by Beijing. They hold the pin on a grenade. https://t.co/vpVthUTlHW
— Katewerk (@katewerk) May 31, 2023
Summary from Sam Cooper: and this is a bombshell, O’Toole risked breaching his boundaries in Parliament, to disclose @csiscanada informed him of “payment of funds by the Chinese Communist Party through the United Front Work Department to create specific products of misinformation on me as a leader” […] This is the first time I have heard a politician outline the full scope of what I have been informed of by experts and sources regarding CCP’s sweeping and covertly funded campaign of threats and inducements (support of candidates) to exert influence on Canadian elected govts.