Western Standard - March 08, 2023


Chinese water torture of leaks for Trudeau


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Length

4 minutes

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197.35483

Word count

955

Sentence count

67

Harmful content

Hate speech

6

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The Chinese Communist Party has been accused of interfering in Canadian elections, and there's no good reason to think they wouldn't try to meddle in our election system. We can't let Justin Trudeau get away with this and let it go.

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00:00:00.000 Justin Trudeau, he's ragging the puck. He's deking, dodging, and delaying right now with
00:00:05.260 the hope that the public interest in the Chinese Communist Party interference in Canadian elections
00:00:09.540 goes away. And it's been interesting to watch. I mean, it was more broken from a global reporter
00:00:14.420 this morning. Another CSIS leak, two more documents. It's a form of Chinese water torture. 0.99
00:00:19.060 These leaks just keep coming and hitting Trudeau day after day after day after day. So that's fine.
00:00:25.440 We can't let Trudeau get away with burying this. I mean, Trudeau and other defenders of his
00:00:31.240 government keep pointing to a report saying the CCP interference didn't impact the outcome of the
00:00:35.180 election. Thus, we must just let it go. Now, while the impact of the meddling might not have changed
00:00:39.220 which party formed government, it's impacted individual races, and it's certainly impacted
00:00:43.360 Canadian trust in the entire system. We can't let him get away with this and let it go. Trudeau
00:00:47.620 mentioned that there's 1.7 million Chinese Canadians, people of Chinese descent in Canada.
00:00:52.420 But then he devolved into implying any further questions on the CCP meddling could bring a racist
00:00:57.420 backlash against those Canadians. And that's a load of hogwash. In fact, you know, that number
00:01:02.200 of Canadians of Chinese descent in Canada is significant, and it's large, and they're good
00:01:05.780 citizens. And they're the top victims of the CCP meddling in Canada. Most of those who immigrated 0.75
00:01:11.500 from to Canada from China did so to escape the authoritarian communist government to their former
00:01:16.280 homeland. These Canadians shouldn't have to live in fear that the CCP can still impact their lives
00:01:21.560 within this new homeland. And they have reasons to be fearful. The integration of the CCP and the
00:01:26.640 Canadian society, and it goes well beyond our elected officials, they've infiltrated the business 0.99
00:01:30.760 community, cultural communities, and now they're, of course, meddling with our elections. They're
00:01:36.360 practicing a campaign of intimidation upon Canadians of Chinese descent. Recent reports exposed the
00:01:42.040 presence of as many as five Chinese police stations within Canada. These stations are used to
00:01:46.220 intimidate and influence Chinese Canadians and Falun Gong adherence on Canadian soil. This is serious 0.94
00:01:51.560 stuff. Imagine being a Canadian of Chinese descent who still has family back in China. You don't want 1.00
00:01:56.520 to bring adverse attention to your loved ones back there, of course, and you want to ensure you can
00:02:00.940 keep visiting them. So imagine these Chinese Canadians, these Canadians having issues with their
00:02:05.360 immigration status or a travel visa renewal or a passport renewal. Normally, a person would go to
00:02:10.940 their local member of parliament's office for help with these kinds of issues. But with CSIS reporting,
00:02:15.280 as many as 11 MPs that we know of may be compromised by the CCP. How comfortable would these Chinese 0.98
00:02:20.300 Canadians feel in entrusting their information to the offices of their MPs? And what about the
00:02:25.480 innocent MPs? I mean, there's several MPs of Chinese descent that have nothing to do with the Chinese
00:02:31.360 Communist Party. But whether it's fair or not, some people might be questioning their loyalties.
00:02:36.140 These MPs need the air cleared so they don't have to endure further mistrust. I know many people don't
00:02:41.260 have faith in what can be accomplished with a public inquiry. We've seen enough government efforts to
00:02:45.620 whitewash issues and stack inquiries, you know, as it is to make people cynical. But it's still the best
00:02:51.020 tool we've got right now to shed light on this controversy. And the opposition parties need to step up.
00:02:55.720 They can't just keep asking for one. They have to force the issue in parliament. Trudeau is in a minority
00:03:00.040 government position. He can't stop an inquiry if the other parties get together and invoke it.
00:03:05.720 I mean, sure, Trudeau could declare the vote of confidence issued good for him. Force an election?
00:03:10.320 Really? I mean, even somebody as arrogant and tone deaf as Trudeau has to understand that dragging
00:03:15.560 Canadians to a sudden election just to avoid a public inquiry into himself would be political
00:03:20.120 suicide. And maybe the rot doesn't run too deeply. Maybe we've already seen the extent of the CCP
00:03:25.280 interference and inquiry wouldn't identify any more issues. I mean, that'd be a great outcome.
00:03:30.160 We could then return to focusing on policy issues and quit dedicating so much time to the
00:03:33.500 interference scandal. Trust in Canada's democratic system has been breached. And this distrust can't
00:03:38.900 be left to fester. It undercuts the stability of the entire nation. Trudeau's games and ridiculous
00:03:43.880 suggestions of appointing a special rapporteur must be dismissed. Who's it going to be? Margaret
00:03:48.440 Trudeau? One of his brothers or something? Come on, Justin. Nobody's going to take the conclusions of an
00:03:53.320 appointee of the prime minister seriously. It's bad enough already that a former head of the Trudeau
00:03:57.260 Foundation was tasked with watching over the integrity of the elections. Trudeau won't
00:04:01.640 participate. That's a given. The ball is in the court of the opposition party now. They need to do their
00:04:07.300 jobs and force a full public independent inquiry headed by somebody approved by all the parties.
00:04:12.960 And if the opposition parties won't do this, well then Canada is truly broken.
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