As if this came out of nowhere.
But hey, conservatives will save us soon, right?It's lookin uglier and uglier:
Terry Glavin: It isn't 'foreign interference' if the culprits are willing MPs
Senior politicians are colluding with China or India — this is beyond scandalousnationalpost.com
Let's see if the general population in Canada even cares... I'm guessing no.
“The Committee rejects any notion that the individual or individuals responsible for the leaks acted as patriots or whistleblowers,” the NISCOP report states.<--TROUBLING “On the other hand, the Committee acknowledges an uncomfortable truth. Prior to the leaks, there was little sense of urgency between elected officials and senior decision-makers to address outstanding gaps to this important and well-documented threat to national security.”
The CSIS leaks, which began appearing in Global News, the Globe and Mail and other mainstream news media in November, 2022, were “the principal catalyst for the government to start considering key legislative reforms and to take meaningful actions against particular states.”
The NSICOP report presents several case studies to illustrate the way foreign interference works in Canada. One of those studies focuses on the case of Don Valley North MP Han Dong, the subject of a series of CSIS leaks. Dong stepped away from the Liberal Party in March last year following evidence that he was a central figure in a massive Chinese interference operation that targeted at least 11 candidates and 13 campaign staffers, “some of whom appeared to be wittingly working for the PRC,” the NSICOP report states.
Although heavily redacted, as is much of NISCOP’s 92-page report, the Han Dong case study contains sharper and far more damning detail than has emerged from news reports going back to 2022, and also calls into question Trudeau’s sworn testimony during the Hogue inquiry hearings in April.
NSICOP describes Dong’s case as an example of a successful direct foreign manipulation of a close-run Liberal candidacy contest that went on to produce the Chinese government’s desired election result in the 2019 federal election in Don Valley North. The CSIS investigation made available to NSICOP showed that Beijing’s Toronto consulate provided between 175 and 200 Chinese foreign students with “fraudulent residency paperwork” and arranged for them to travel in several buses to the September 12, 2019 nomination vote. The students, who were under strict instruction to vote for Dong under penalty of losing their student visas, also “sought to physically intimidate voters and distribute pro-Dong materials,” contrary to Party rules, the report states.
The Toronto consulate also “knowingly broke the Liberal Party of Canada’s rule that voters in a nomination process must live in the riding.”
CSIS concluded that the operation played a “significant role in Mr. Dong’s nomination, which he won. . . by a small margin,” thereby “successfully interfering in the nomination process of what can be considered a safe riding for the Liberal Party of Canada.”
CSIS saw to it that Prime Minister Trudeau and his officials were made aware of Beijing’s operation in Don Valley North before the 2019 election, but Trudeau allowed Dong’s candidacy to stand anyway, and Dong was also allowed to run again in 2021. The NSICOP case committee concludes: “On September 28, 2019, CSIS briefed the Liberal Party of Canada’s secret-cleared representatives on its assessment, who in turn briefed the PM alone the following day. The Liberal Party of Canada allowed Mr. Dong to run in both the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.”
Despite intense controversy and repeated questioning about Dong’s candidacy going back to February 2023, for more than a year Trudeau said nothing about having been briefed by CSIS about the matter and instead dismissed concerns about Han Dong’s candidacy as “anti-Asian racism.”
Could be because they know Team Blue also has more than zero mentions in the report - and not just that whole Michael Chong thing
They're (almost) all cowards.Could be because they know Team Blue also has more than zero mentions in the report - and not just that whole Michael Chong thing
No, but he did leave classified information lying around his apartment when his linked-to-organized-crime girlfriend was around.
POTUS material is what you're saying.
Lol I know, that did go through my mind as I wrote my last comment.
Hey now, he is a well meaning old man that is just forgetful.
I very much appreciate the correction. I hadn't looked it up via Canlii or anywhere else yet, and was simply going off of the NP article
Seen, seen...See here for more
In the attached judgment, "woman" or "women" was used 69 times, and "person with a vagina" was used once.
No shortage of stuff to blast out there, but there's gotta be bigger fish to fry than this one, no?
Don't be too hard on yourself, bud - if the Chief Justice has to tell the world about it (and judges tend to be hesitant about saying anything in public away from the bench), you have a lot of company
I haven't seen PP ever rock black face. Or wear a turban, or dress like a Hindi guru...
Legitimate question about this, re mentioning the Chinese foreign students being bussed in to vote for a certain candidate
No, they are not. Only Canadian citizens are allowed to vote in Canadian elections.
For sure, I'm not denying that at all and I can't wait for him to be PM.
I think we’re arguing the same thing.But if you provide them with false documentation...
Canadian Lawmaker Testifies Chinese Students Were Bused In to Elect Him
Han Dong, a member of Parliament who is accused of benefiting from the Chinese government’s help, testified at a public hearing on foreign interference.
Testifying during a public hearing in Ottawa, the Parliament member, Han Dong, a Chinese-Canadian politician formerly from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party, said that he had met and sought the support of the students from a private high school in 2019, but that he did not know who had chartered or paid for the bus on the day of the election.
A Canadian intelligence report disclosed during the hearing said there were indications that a “known proxy agent” of the Chinese Consulate had provided the students “with falsified documents to allow them to vote” even though they did not reside in Mr. Dong’s electoral district.
Noncitizens over the age of 14 can register and vote in party elections as long as they show proof they live in an electoral district.
Canadian Lawmaker Testifies Chinese Students Were Bused In to Elect Him
Han Dong, a member of Parliament who is accused of benefiting from the Chinese government’s help, testified at a public hearing on foreign interference.www.nytimes.com
