Western Standard - May 23, 2023


Trudeau defends appointment of special rapporteur Johnston, won't call public inquiry

Topics
Beijing interference in democracy
Mentioned
Justin Trudeau David Johnson
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Episode Stats


Length

1 minute

Words per minute

148.3

Word count

275

Sentence count

16

Harmful content

Hate speech

1

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Summary

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Learn English with Justin Trudeau. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hired David Johnston to whitewash China's interference in his election campaign, and to cover up the influence Beijing had on his campaign. Prime Minister Trudeau has been briefed on these matters for years, and has done absolutely nothing about it except try to keep it quiet and name-call anyone who spoke out about it.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 There's no common sense in Justin Trudeau's Ottawa.
00:00:03.000 We see today that his ski buddy, cottage neighbor, family friend,
00:00:08.760 and member of the Beijing-financed Trudeau Foundation came out and did exactly what I predicted,
00:00:15.040 helped Trudeau cover up the influence by Beijing in our democracy.
00:00:21.380 We know that Beijing interfered in two elections to help Trudeau win.
00:00:24.960 We know that Beijing gave $140,000 to the Trudeau Foundation
00:00:30.300 with the express purpose of buying the love and the loyalty of Justin Trudeau.
00:00:36.080 And we know that Trudeau has been briefed on these matters for years
00:00:39.340 and done absolutely nothing about it except try to keep it quiet
00:00:42.860 and name-call anyone who spoke out about it.
00:00:48.460 And then in order to further sweep the matter under the rug,
00:00:51.520 he put his friend, his ski buddy, his cottage neighbor,
00:00:56.900 and Trudeau Foundation member David Johnston in charge of today's whitewash attempt.
00:01:05.340 Well, conservatives are not buying it.
00:01:07.500 We need a full public inquiry to get to the bottom of Beijing's interference in our democracy.
00:01:14.920 And that's what I will deliver when I am Prime Minister.
00:01:17.560 There will be a full public inquiry into this mess.
00:01:21.320 And in the meantime, we will continue to push for a real foreign influence registry
00:01:25.820 that exposes anyone who does paid work on behalf of foreign dictatorship
00:01:30.120 to manipulate our politics.
00:01:32.960 It's just common sense.
00:01:35.820 Let's bring it home.
00:01:36.680 Let's bring home control of our democracy back into the hands of the Canadian people. 0.98
00:01:41.560 People, ramenant le contrôle de notre démocratie chez nous.
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