I don’t think NSICOP is deliberately shirking its duties, and for as much of not a fan of his brother as I was for Ontario reasons, I think David McGuinty has been doing a worthy job as Chair of NSICOP from what I have heard. I just think that there is knowledge out there of the situation that even Canada and its agencies doesn’t have (or have ‘rights of source ownership’ of) the depth of knowledge about the depth/extent of compromise (more on the collaborator side, vs victim of influence) for a variety of reasons. I get the sense that in the coming weeks, we will hear more about Canadian citizens/not just parliamentarians who have been known to certain organizations as being able to be confirmed as having collaborated with China. I also get the sense that some will be (or pretend to be) shocked, but many will say ‘well yeah., tell us something we didn’t already know!’ There will also no doubt be some that we don’t hear about, but that for a number of reasons, some mentioned earlier, we may not hear about.
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