In this episode of Stand On Guard, David talks about a week of chaos in the House of Commons and the former Governor General's refusal to defy Parliament. He also talks about the Prime Minister's censorship plan, and the actions of the Special Rapporteur, David Johnson.
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00:02:10.820You know, Justin Trudeau wants to censor the Internet.
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00:03:23.480We want to get right on to the news that continues to dominate parliament and the country right now.
00:03:29.720And that's a defiance from the special rapporteur, David Johnson, a former governor general, is defying parliament.
00:03:40.740This is very interesting because it's it goes to show you how little respect there is for democracy in this liberal government.
00:03:50.320And I just want to show you the statement.
00:03:53.480Now, he said, I deeply respect the right of the House of Commons to express its opinion about my work going forward.
00:04:01.700But my mandate comes from the government.
00:04:05.700I have a duty to pursue that work until my mandate is completed.
00:04:14.100When I accepted the mandate to act as independent special rapporteur, I did so with full knowledge of the fact that the work I had would be neither straightforward nor uncontroversial.
00:04:27.640So he's trying to avoid and evade any responsibility that he has to the parliament of Canada.
00:04:36.420Now, you can argue that this is all about a government appointment.
00:04:45.500But the government, the liberal government is in a minority position and it must respect the wishes of parliament.
00:04:52.960And I think the governor general probably is aware of that.
00:04:56.720But he's certainly not enunciating that very clearly.
00:05:01.640And it's interesting because we also heard this week that NDP MP Jenny Kwan, as well as former conservative leader and opposition leader Aaron O'Toole,
00:05:15.260both said that their constituency was a target of communist Chinese election interference.
00:05:22.760So this is the reason why the NDP put forward this motion this week, which was supported by the conservatives and the bloc.
00:05:33.160Because they are being targeted themselves.
00:05:37.620And they're saying enough is enough of this.
00:05:41.040And it's quite interesting because I don't think you would have necessarily gotten that response at one time from the NDP.
00:05:49.100Because you have to remember, they're in a, they have a non-aggression pact, as I like to call it, with the liberal government.
00:06:11.600Now, just after, of course, the, after the, after the special rapporteur, David Johnson, defied parliament, so did the prime minister.
00:06:29.020And so let's, let's have a look at that in a second here.
00:06:33.660Because Trudeau is also defying parliament.
00:06:39.120I find this, once again, indicative of a lack of respect in the liberal government for democracy.
00:06:47.580Canadians still have confidence in David Johnson if all other parties in the House say they don't have confidence in him.
00:06:52.240It's understandable that political parties want to make partisan points on this.
00:06:57.920But the fact of the matter is, David Johnson has served this country in extraordinary capacities for decades.
00:07:04.360He's chosen a number of times for the most important jobs by Stephen Harper himself.
00:07:09.940He's a man who, as the report shows, has taken this incredibly seriously and gathered all the intelligence necessary.
00:07:16.520What we've highlighted is that intelligence is available for the leaders of the opposition parties to avail themselves of,
00:07:24.260to understand what underpins the very good report that Mr. Johnson put out,
00:07:29.360and the fact that they're choosing to be able to continue to play partisan games instead of getting read into the actual facts of the matter.
00:07:36.360There are experts that would like to see a public inquiry.
00:07:44.100Dan Stanton, former CSIS member, was before committee yesterday.
00:07:47.440He says a public inquiry is required to restore confidence in institutions.
00:07:51.300Why ignore his word and go to the instance?
00:07:53.480We didn't appoint Dan to be the expert looking at this.
00:07:58.860We looked at a whole bunch of different people who we would task with this job.
00:08:03.520Of course, everyone is allowed to have opinions, regardless of their background.
00:08:08.580What we're looking for is what is the best path forward.
00:08:11.540And that's exactly what we entrusted this former Governor-General with,
00:08:15.160who has a stellar reputation and level of integrity, to actually look and write this report.
00:08:21.460And you will notice that the opposition parties are not emphasizing any disagreements with the actual report or conclusions,
00:08:31.420particularly because they refuse to get the necessary briefings that are being offered to them to be able to understand and accept or disagree with those conclusions.
00:08:40.800They're continuing to do ad hominem attacks, personal attacks against David Johnston.
00:08:48.280Yeah, it's nothing to do with policy here, just an ad hominem attack, according to Justin Trudeau.
00:08:57.200But of course, you know, that's that's that is all nonsense.
00:09:01.040And if I said the House of Commons has gone wild, it's it has.
00:09:08.520There is a an atmosphere of acrimony in the House right now, especially between Trudeau and opposition leader,
00:11:04.280Well known as Canadians well know this government takes extremely seriously the issue of foreign interference
00:11:09.140and has since 2015 where we brought in significant measures to counter foreign interference and continue to.
00:11:15.760The RCMP is quite rightly charged with the responsibility of investigating and following up on these reports of Beijing funded police stations.
00:11:27.240But indeed, if the leader of the opposition is so curious.
00:11:30.820The Right Honourable Prime Minister, I just want to remind everyone the way it works is you ask a question
00:11:36.160and then you listen to the answer, whether you like it or not.
00:11:40.180So you'll note that Trudeau has not answered that question.
00:11:43.520He's not acknowledging what is now fact, that the Communist Chinese were operating their own police stations in Canada.
00:11:52.880Keep asking the question over and over again while the person's speaking.