Juno News - Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are in BIG trouble

00:00:00.000 Last month, Justin Trudeau very confidently told us that questioning the loyalty of Liberal MP

00:00:12.600 Handong to Canada should not be tolerated, and that any insinuation that Handong was a willing

00:00:17.880 participant in a Chinese Communist-backed plot to interfere in our democracy was stoking anti-Asian

00:00:23.680 racism. You'll remember this. Just a follow-up on that question on CSIS and Handong. Are you saying

00:00:31.320 that they didn't warn you, or were you warned and you chose to dismiss it for those reasons?

00:00:38.700 Just wanted some clarification. Once again, one of the things we've seen, unfortunately, over the past

00:00:46.920 years is a rise in anti-Asian racism linked to the pandemic, and concerns being arisen around

00:00:58.320 people's loyalties. I want to make everyone understand fully that Handong is an outstanding

00:01:07.380 member of our team, and suggestions that he is somehow not loyal to Canada should not be

00:01:17.300 entertained. Funny how things can change in just one month after the most explosive CSIS whistleblower

00:01:23.340 allegations yet that Liberal MP Handong advised Chinese consular staff, members of the Communist

00:01:29.920 regime in Beijing, to withhold the release of the two Michaels because it would benefit the

00:01:35.060 Conservative Party of Canada. Handong was forced to resign from the Liberal caucus last night

00:01:40.080 on the House floor. In a pathetic attempt to try and gain sympathy from Canadians, Handong broke out 0.97

00:01:46.440 in a completely unscripted emotional breakdown on the House floor, crying like a coward. Did Trudeau 0.99

00:01:52.220 give Dong some acting lessons before his resignation speech last night? Also, to top it all off, Justin

00:01:57.220 Trudeau's weak wannabe Twitter attack dog, Mark Gerritsen, wrote something so false on Twitter that

00:02:02.960 Twitter had to slap a context label or a fact check on the Liberal MP's tweet. Drop a like in the video,

00:02:09.140 help us out with subscribing to the True North YouTube channel, and the comment question for the

00:02:12.640 episode is this. Do any of you watching this video question the accuracy of the CSIS leaks reporting

00:02:18.320 coming from Globe and Mail and Global News? Let me know and let's get into it. Sam Cooper's latest

00:02:23.520 reporting in Global News is by far the most explosive CSIS leaks reporting and the most damaging to not only

00:02:30.220 Justin Trudeau's credibility, but the credibility and viability of this government. That's how serious

00:02:36.440 these reports are. Take a look at this article. Liberal MP Handong secretly advised Chinese diplomat

00:02:42.540 in 2021 to delay freeing two Michaels, according to sources. Liberal MP Handong, who is at the center

00:02:49.520 of the Chinese influence allegations, privately advised a senior Chinese diplomat in February 2021

00:02:55.400 that Beijing should hold off freeing Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, according to two separate

00:03:01.100 national security sources. Both sources said Dong allegedly suggested to Han Tao, China's consul

00:03:08.000 general in Toronto, that if Beijing released the two Michaels, whom China accused of espionage,

00:03:13.540 the opposition conservatives would benefit. Oh, the conservatives would benefit from the release

00:03:18.180 of Canadians being arbitrarily held by our worst enemy. Oh, the horror. Dong also allegedly recommended

00:03:24.740 that Beijing show some progress in the Kovrig and Spavor cases, the two sources said. Such a move would

00:03:30.360 help the ruling Liberal Party, which was facing an uproar over China's inhumane treatment of Kovrig

00:03:35.220 and Spavor. And it just continues to get worse from there. Take a look at this part. When asked to

00:03:40.680 comment on the information provided by sources on the alleged Dong Communications, CSIS spokesperson Eric

00:03:46.560 Balsam wrote in a statement that the service could neither confirm nor deny the authenticity of the

00:03:51.980 information. Weeks after the conversation between Dong and Consul General Han, China announced it had

00:03:58.320 tried Spavor and then Kovrig behind closed doors on espionage charges. These allegations are just insane.

00:04:05.620 And if true, the claims against Dong amount to some serious crime, heavy duty crime, which carries with

00:04:11.780 it some heavy duty penalties. But it is important to mention that these are just allegations. These are anonymous

00:04:17.340 sources and there are simply allegations at this point. So it is important to make that point clear.

00:04:24.540 But in what many are describing a tacit admission on the House floor, Liberal MP Han Dong immediately

00:04:31.420 resigned from Liberal Caucus in disgrace last night when this story dropped. If you've got nothing to

00:04:36.700 hide, then why resign from Liberal Caucus? Incoming Liberal tears on the House floor. Get ready.

00:04:41.800 I rise on a point of order. I have informed the Prime Minister and the leadership of the Liberal Party Caucus

00:04:48.360 that I will be sitting as an independent at the conclusion of these remarks. Mr. Speaker, I'm in your hands as to

00:04:56.760 what happens next. To all my colleagues in the Parliament, media reports today quoted unverified and anonymous sources

00:05:04.760 have attacked my reputation and called into question my loyalty to Canada.

00:05:13.960 Let me be clear. What has been reported is false. And I will defend myself against these absolutely untrue claims.

00:05:25.960 To my family and in particular my parents who brought us here to Canada.

00:05:40.680 To my wife Sophie and my kids, I love you. I thank you for all the support and love you gave me.

00:05:49.080 The truth will protect us. Our owner and our family will get through this together.

00:05:57.480 Sorry about the hassle. Thank you, Speaker.

00:06:06.760 Now, did any of you catch what happened at the end of Han Dong's resignation speech?

00:06:10.440 Did any of you see how the Liberal Caucus responded to Han Dong's resignation?

00:06:14.760 Members of Justin Trudeau's cabinet and the rest of the Liberal Caucus stood up and gave Han Dong a

00:06:20.040 standing ovation. They gave Han Dong, a man who was allegedly involved in what can only be described

00:06:27.160 as treasonous behavior. Allegedly. A standing ovation on the House floor. That is an absolute disgrace.

00:06:34.680 Do they not see what's going on here? Is there some blind loyalty amongst the Liberals that they just

00:06:39.000 clap like seals no matter what anyone says or no matter what anyone is accused of doing?

00:06:43.400 Now, there are some ruthless comments on YouTube over Han Dong's resignation speech.

00:06:47.080 I cringe every time a Liberal says, let me be clear, because it usually precipitates a mouthful

00:06:52.040 of lies. If you always hear our so-called Prime Minister, who always wants to be so politically

00:06:56.840 correct about his totalitarianism in Canada, then he should actually go and have this guy

00:07:01.160 removed from the House. But my guess is he was thrown under the bus to protect Justin Trudeau.

00:07:06.280 Also, if you got nothing to hide and did nothing wrong, and he said over and over again that there

00:07:10.600 is no reason to resign, you only resign if you're dirty. So, Justin Trudeau, when is it your turn

00:07:15.480 to resign? Because Canadians know you're dirty. His loyalty to Canada should be expressed by a total 0.99

00:07:21.080 resignation, not just from the Liberal Party. Oh, I think Han Dong's eventual resignation or

00:07:26.760 forced removal from the House of Commons is truly imminent. But at this current moment,

00:07:31.400 Han Dong is still a member of Parliament. He is still the elected representative of the

00:07:35.800 Don Valley North constituency. All the power and privilege that comes with being an MP in Canada,

00:07:41.640 Han Dong still possesses, despite the allegations made against him. Earlier on in the day,

00:07:46.040 before the global news reporting dropped and before Han Dong's eventual resignation from the Liberal

00:07:50.600 Caucus, Dong gave a 20-minute scrum to reporters answering their questions about all the previous

00:07:56.440 reporting about him and about Chinese interference. Dong denied the allegations that he was involved in a

00:08:01.960 Chinese interference network and he bravely proclaimed that he was a Canadian, loyal to

00:08:07.080 Canadians. I'm sure you're really convinced those journalists there, Dong. And at one point in this

00:08:11.720 20-minute scrum, he was sweating so profusely that he had to take his jacket off just to be able to

00:08:16.680 keep answering questions. Sorry? Do you support a public inquiry into everything that's come out in the

00:08:21.960 last few months? I think the government's or the Prime Minister's decision to have a special repertoire to

00:08:27.160 look into this and make a decision whether a public inquiry is needed. I think it's a very good

00:08:31.960 decision. So, you know, sure, I have my personal best interest. I want the truth to come out,

00:08:38.520 you know, in my defense. But, you know, I think, I think it's a good decision. We have, we also have a

00:08:44.440 study at the ANSI-COP committee. And I, you know, so I look forward to the decision. And do you dispute

00:08:50.920 that the... Sorry. Do you dispute that the Chinese consul helped in your nomination or do you only

00:09:01.400 dispute that you knew about it? I just answered this question, but I'll say it one more time.

00:09:06.120 I've never been offered nor would I accept any help from a foreign nation. I'm a Canadian.

00:09:12.680 Now, all of this brings us back to Justin Trudeau, the man really at the heart of this scandal. It's

00:09:17.320 also important to remember that the CSIS whistleblowers wouldn't be leaking this information

00:09:21.880 if they felt that the federal government led by Justin Trudeau was taking this issue seriously.

00:09:26.760 We know this from the Whistleblowers Anonymous op-ed in the Globe and Mail. At the heart of this issue,

00:09:31.640 we have to figure out what Justin Trudeau knew about Handong, when he knew it about Handong,

00:09:37.400 and what he did about it. Clearly, we know Justin Trudeau did nothing about Handong,

00:09:41.560 even if he did know something about him. Because, until yesterday, Handong was a liberal MP.

00:09:46.360 What exactly the Prime Minister knew and when he was made aware of it, that is still in question.

00:09:51.720 And let's not kid ourselves. The drama on Parliament Hill over Katie Telford's testimony

00:09:56.680 and Jagmeet Singh's fake grandstanding trying to look strong, we know that none of it is going to

00:10:02.360 bring us the answers that we need. We already went through the song and dance with the Freedom Convoy

00:10:06.600 inquiry. And you know how we know nothing is going to come from Telford's testimony or David Johnson's

00:10:11.160 Special Rapporteur appointment? Because David Johnson's Special Rapporteur mandate was released,

00:10:16.680 and it's not even focused on Chinese interference. It's focused on foreign interference. Yes,

00:10:22.200 foreign interference. Not just Chinese election interference, but foreign interference,

00:10:26.200 which we all know will result in David Johnson spending a considerable amount of his time

00:10:31.160 looking into the now-debunked claim that the Russians were behind the Freedom Convoy.

00:10:35.240 Next thing you know, Justin Trudeau's ski-buddy, David Johnson, is going to allege that the

00:10:38.600 Papua New Guineans were behind the rise of Pierre Paglia's political career. That's how ridiculous this 0.89

00:10:43.320 is. That's how committed this government appears to be in not addressing Chinese Communist interference 0.93

00:10:48.680 in our elections. They've diluted David Johnson's mandate so much so that by the time Johnson

00:10:53.640 inevitably calls for a public inquiry, they're going to spend half the time talking about Russian

00:10:58.360 disinformation on the Freedom Convoy while hoping that all of us just forget about it and move on.

00:11:03.800 Justin Trudeau has repeatedly defended Handong, labeled any criticism of Handong,

00:11:09.800 any questioning of Handong's loyalty as anti-Asian racism. He's done it in the House of Commons,

00:11:15.080 and he's done it in press conferences. And by doing so, the Prime Minister has basically said to

00:11:19.400 everyone that he doesn't believe the Globe and Mail reporting. He doesn't believe the Global News

00:11:23.800 reporting. If that was the case, then why would Handong resign from Liberal Caucus? Supposedly,

00:11:29.160 the Prime Minister holds no value in these CSIS leaks. So how are we supposed to take all of this?

00:11:35.160 What does this mean for Canada? And more crucially, who else is involved in this network? The original

00:11:41.480 reporting said that there were 11 GTA candidates. Now we know a couple, but there are quite a few names,

00:11:47.800 9 or 10 actually, still to be named. We can all draw our own conclusions, but I would advise against

00:11:53.320 doing that. Let's let this process play out. Let's see where these leaks are going to take us.

00:11:58.280 The Ratio of the Week prize is going to Liberal MP Mark Garretson, Justin Trudeau's wannabe Twitter

00:12:03.640 attack dog. Now Mark is quite used to a swing and a miss on Twitter. It's usually a daily occurrence

00:12:08.200 for him. That's why he turns off comments. But Garretson's latest tweet was so wrong that even

00:12:13.720 Twitter had to put context on the tweet. They had to fact check Mark Garretson. Garretson was trying

00:12:19.480 to defend the Liberals' blatant filibustering of Conservative and Opposition MPs trying to bring

00:12:25.080 Justin Trudeau's Chief of Staff, Katie Telford, to testify in front of committee. Now of course,

00:12:29.640 fearing whatever Telford might tell Canadians, the Liberals did everything they could to drag their heels

00:12:34.840 and stop Telford from testifying. Now when attempts to block Telford from testifying became untenable,

00:12:39.960 the Liberals capitulated and Mark Garretson took to Twitter, as he usually does, to defend the

00:12:44.760 Liberals' actions. Take a look at this. I think it's absolutely unacceptable to demand staff appear

00:12:50.840 before committee. The only Chiefs of Staff to come before committee, to my knowledge, have been after

00:12:56.280 they are out of politics. Having said this, I appreciate Telford's willingness to do whatever

00:13:00.440 necessary to make Parliament work, even if that means breaking a 300-year-old tradition, as said by

00:13:06.120 Pierre Polyev when he refused to send staff in 2010. And I didn't even see this latest development

00:13:11.320 until recording right now. It gets even better. He got fact-checked twice on the same tweet. You have

00:13:16.840 to see this. So the first fact-check on the first tweet in this thread writes this. Telford has

00:13:22.520 testified multiple times throughout his time in office. She testified in the WE scandal, and then

00:13:27.720 puts a link to the CBC article, and in the Vance investigation, and then another CBC link. There was

00:13:33.400 bipartisan support to hear her testify. Twitter had to put that on a Liberal MP's tweet. And in response

00:13:40.360 to this fact-check, Mark Gerritsen continued to double down. Take a look at this. Katie Telford is

00:13:47.000 the only one to appear before committee, to my knowledge, while still in the position. I assumed

00:13:52.200 it went without saying. She has done it before, but given the fact it's all over the media and widely

00:13:57.080 talked about. No, Mark, no one assumed that because you clearly stated that the only Chiefs of Staff to

00:14:02.760 testify have been when they have left office. So no one assumed you were talking about anyone

00:14:07.800 other than Telford. Nice try. But even still, Mark Gerritsen, I've never seen this before,

00:14:13.560 managed to get fact-checked twice in the same tweet. Twitter once again slapped a context label

00:14:19.480 on his follow-up tweet, and they wrote this. Three of Stephen Harper's four Chiefs of Staff

00:14:24.680 appeared before various parliamentary committees. Ian Brody, Guy Giorno appeared while in the role,

00:14:30.520 and Nigel Wright was called after he was appointed, but before he started in the job.

00:14:35.080 So, Mark, what do you call that? Now, unlike most ratio of the weeks, journalists, blue-check

00:14:40.440 journalists in the establishment, oftentimes don't get involved in the comments section

00:14:45.000 of these tweets. But this one was different. Liberal and conservative journalists in this country

00:14:50.680 absolutely pilloried Mark Gerritsen for, like I said, blatantly not telling the truth. Terry Glavin,

00:14:56.280 a National Post columnist, wrote this. Twitter has had to append one of its disinfo notes to this

00:15:00.920 tweet because it's insanely wrong. Brian Lilly of the Toronto Sun wrote this. Liberal MP Mark

00:15:06.520 Gerritsen is one of Trudeau's pit bulls. He says absolute crap that isn't true, hoping you will 0.99

00:15:11.480 believe it. Not only has Telford testified twice, three of Harper's four Chiefs appeared at committee. 0.99

00:15:17.800 Previous Chiefs too. Mark lies. Brian Pasifiume of the National Post also wrote this. Mark's tweet here

00:15:24.040 was so questionable, it got an explainer tacked on by Twitter. How pathetic. How embarrassing. 0.99

00:15:29.720 All right, everyone, that's going to do it for us this week on the show. Thank you so much for tuning

00:15:33.400 in. Thank you for bearing with me while I have this temporary backdrop while I'm in the swamp of

00:15:38.120 Ottawa. Everything will be back to normal on Monday. My name is Harrison Faulkner, and this is Ray Shea.

Juno News - March 23, 2023

Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are in BIG trouble

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