Rapporteur David Johnson, Eminent Canadian
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…but whatever happened with his personal fortune…shame it couldn’t have happened to the Canadian pension plan…but here we are.
Whatever happened…it doesn’t seem to currently be newsworthy, but it is interesting.
We'll fund out soon enough. The guy is a walking mistake.…but whatever happened with his personal fortune…shame it couldn’t have happened to the Canadian pension plan…but here we are.
Well, thankfully for him, his own personal finances where in that blind trust that he couldn’t influence or manipulate…& thus increased by 8000% or something like that while he was Prime Minister.
Anyway, this is just an aside, & the question was:
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Who is managing it on his behalf? That's probably the best place to start looking.
What Chinese agents and their surrogates were always attempting to do was ensure a handful or more of Beijing-friendly MPs ended up sitting in the caucus of the winning party.
Mission accomplished. China’s Communist government was never trying to rig the nationwide outcome of either the 2019 or 2021 elections. And anyone who was hoping the Commission on Foreign Interference led by Justice Marie-Josée Hogue was going to uncover a widespread plot to keep Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in office was always going to be unsatisfied.
Hogue asked in her 194-page report, released last Friday, “Was there foreign interference targeting the 2019 and 2021 general elections? Yes, I have no difficulty concluding that there was.”
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“People are right to be worried and to want to shine a light on what is going on,” Hogue wrote. The level of interference was “troubling,” even if it did not swing the whole of the election in favour of the Liberals.
And she concluded that while other foreign governments were actively interfering, too – notably Iran and India – China was far and away the most active.
In its conclusions, Hogue’s public inquiry was vastly more sensible than the two previous inquiries the Liberals put in place.
In February 2023, the committee of bureaucrats the Liberals had appointed to watch out for interference in the 2021 election concluded there was “no evidence to indicate foreign state actors” had meddled in the campaign.
And, of course, last May, former governor general and “special rapporteur,” David Johnston, a long-time Trudeau family friend, found there had been interference, but held cabinet entirely blameless. “I have not found examples of ministers, the Prime Minister or their offices knowingly ignoring intelligence, advice or recommendations on foreign interference or being driven by partisan considerations in dealing with these issues.”
One thing Hogue appears to have uncovered that has gone largely unsaid, even in her report, is that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knew of the foreign interference early on in events (meaning before the 2019 election), but ignored or downplayed Chinese meddling solely to improve Liberal election chances. The rest at the above link…
Mission accomplished. China’s Communist government was never trying to rig the nationwide outcome of either the 2019 or 2021 elections. And anyone who was hoping the Commission on Foreign Interference led by Justice Marie-Josée Hogue was going to uncover a widespread plot to keep Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in office was always going to be unsatisfied.
Hogue asked in her 194-page report, released last Friday, “Was there foreign interference targeting the 2019 and 2021 general elections? Yes, I have no difficulty concluding that there was.”
GUNTER: End goal on interference was Beijing friendly MPs — Toronto Sun
China’s Communist government was never trying to rig the nationwide outcome of either the 2019 or 2021 elections. And anyone who was hoping the Commission on Foreign Interference led by Justice Marie-Josée Hogue was going to uncover a widespread plot to keep Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in office...
And she concluded that while other foreign governments were actively interfering, too – notably Iran and India – China was far and away the most active.
In its conclusions, Hogue’s public inquiry was vastly more sensible than the two previous inquiries the Liberals put in place.
In February 2023, the committee of bureaucrats the Liberals had appointed to watch out for interference in the 2021 election concluded there was “no evidence to indicate foreign state actors” had meddled in the campaign.
And, of course, last May, former governor general and “special rapporteur,” David Johnston, a long-time Trudeau family friend, found there had been interference, but held cabinet entirely blameless. “I have not found examples of ministers, the Prime Minister or their offices knowingly ignoring intelligence, advice or recommendations on foreign interference or being driven by partisan considerations in dealing with these issues.”
One thing Hogue appears to have uncovered that has gone largely unsaid, even in her report, is that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knew of the foreign interference early on in events (meaning before the 2019 election), but ignored or downplayed Chinese meddling solely to improve Liberal election chances. The rest at the above link…
The public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada has already established that China tried to meddle in the last two general election campaigns. That’s no longer a question of did they, but a fact that they did.
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But, if a new report into the funding of the anti-Israel movement in North America is to be believed, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is also linked to the wave of protests that are disrupting cities and campuses across the continent.
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The National Contagion Research Institute, an independent body that identifies cyber threats to civil society, says that a number of left-wing organizations that have united under the Shut It Down for Palestine (SID4P) banner are linked to Beijing through Communist Party associates, Neville Roy Singham and his wife, Jodie Evans.
It concluded that organizations operating under the SID4P umbrella are members of the “Singham network” donor program, which is widely considered to be a conduit for CCP geopolitical influence. Anyway, above link, etc…
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John Ivison: China’s alleged links to Canadian anti-Israel protests fit a subversive pattern — National Post
The democratic principles of Canadians are being exploited by people who want to dismantle them
It concluded that organizations operating under the SID4P umbrella are members of the “Singham network” donor program, which is widely considered to be a conduit for CCP geopolitical influence. Anyway, above link, etc…
“Useful Idiots of the world Unite!!”
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More anti-Israel demonstrations take place at a California university. But is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) lurking in the shadows? A new report sheds light on the CCP's role in the unrest. Leveling the playing field with Beijing, the Biden administration is imposing tariffs on certain kinds of solar panels imported from China. A House hearing explores the growing cyber threat posed by communist China, from state-backed hacking to stealing advanced U.S. technology. President Joe Biden will dispatch a special delegation to Taiwan as its new president takes office. The group consists of former U.S. officials and will visit Taipei "to represent the American people."
The Liberal government is facing pushback from Justice Marie-Josée Hogue for citing cabinet confidentiality in redacting records provided to the public inquiry investigating meddling by China and other hostile states in Canadian democracy.
The government is also completely withholding an undisclosed number of cabinet documents, according to the Privy Council Office (PCO), which reports directly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc had initially promised that the Commission into Foreign Interference would have full access to secret documents, including “all relevant cabinet documents” even if some of that sensitive information can’t be made available to Canadians.
But a dispute has arisen after the government invoked cabinet confidence to redact some cabinet records and to deny the Hogue inquiry access to an unknown number of documents involving foreign interference.
Buried in a footnote in Justice Hogue’s May 3 report, she said there were redactions in some of the cabinet documents handed over to the inquiry and added “discussions as to the applications of these privileges is ongoing.”
Michael Tansey, senior communication adviser to the commission, said Wednesday that Justice Hogue had no further comment.
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“In light of the ongoing discussions with the government on document production, the commission has nothing to add at this time,” he said.
The PCO told The Globe and Mail that nearly 10 per cent of cabinet documents provided to the inquiry have been redacted. An undisclosed number of other secret cabinet documents have been completely withheld.
Pierre-Alain Bujold, manager of media relations at the PCO, did not say how many cabinet documents have been held back. But he said the commission has been given access to “relevant information” about what the cabinet knew concerning foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections.
“As of May 17, 2024, approximately 9% of the 33,000 documents provided by the government contain one or more redactions. Other documents covered entirely by these exemptions have not been provided to the commission,” Mr. Bujold said in an e-mail to The Globe, which requested information on what documents have been withheld.
“Discussions about document collection, production and appropriate disclosure have been, and remain ongoing,” he said.
Dan Stanton, a former manager at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and now director of the national-security program at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute, said Justice Hogue has the security clearance to see every item of classified intelligence including cabinet records.
“If things are withheld from the commissioner, then that calls into question the effectiveness of the inquiry,” he said. “The commissioner should be seeing everything, regardless of what is disclosed to the public. Otherwise, how can it be assessed?”
Mr. Bujold said the inquiry has broad access to classified and unclassified documents but information subject to solicitor-client privilege or information that is a cabinet confidence have been withheld.
Asked to explain the reasoning behind the move, Mr. Bujold said, “Cabinet confidentiality is a cornerstone of the Westminster system of government that is protected by convention, common law, and legislative provisions. It is critical to allowing cabinet to carry out its mandate effectively.”
Section 39 of the Canada Evidence Act safeguards cabinet confidentiality, a long-standing principle, upheld by the courts, to protect collective decision-making by ministers.
The confidentiality exceptions are cabinet documents that the government authorized for disclosure to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency. This followed a recommendation from former governor-general David Johnston before he resigned as independent special rapporteur on foreign interference.
Justice Hogue resumes public hearings in the fall and will submit a second and final report on recommendations to combat foreign interference at the end of December.
In her first report, on May 3, Justice Hogue concluded that foreign interference in 2019 and 2021 undermined the right of Canadian voters to have an electoral process “free from coercion or covert influence” and may have affected results in a small number of ridings.
While foreign meddling did not alter the overall outcome of the two elections, she issued a call to action for the government to vigorously enact measures to tackle this “malign” threat to Canadian democracy.
She identified China as the “most persistent and sophisticated foreign-interference threat to Canada” at the moment.
The government is also completely withholding an undisclosed number of cabinet documents, according to the Privy Council Office (PCO), which reports directly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc had initially promised that the Commission into Foreign Interference would have full access to secret documents, including “all relevant cabinet documents” even if some of that sensitive information can’t be made available to Canadians.
But a dispute has arisen after the government invoked cabinet confidence to redact some cabinet records and to deny the Hogue inquiry access to an unknown number of documents involving foreign interference.
Buried in a footnote in Justice Hogue’s May 3 report, she said there were redactions in some of the cabinet documents handed over to the inquiry and added “discussions as to the applications of these privileges is ongoing.”
Michael Tansey, senior communication adviser to the commission, said Wednesday that Justice Hogue had no further comment.
Trudeau cabinet withholding documents on foreign interference from inquiry — The Globe and Mail
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc initially promised the commission would have full access to secret records
The PCO told The Globe and Mail that nearly 10 per cent of cabinet documents provided to the inquiry have been redacted. An undisclosed number of other secret cabinet documents have been completely withheld.
Pierre-Alain Bujold, manager of media relations at the PCO, did not say how many cabinet documents have been held back. But he said the commission has been given access to “relevant information” about what the cabinet knew concerning foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections.
“As of May 17, 2024, approximately 9% of the 33,000 documents provided by the government contain one or more redactions. Other documents covered entirely by these exemptions have not been provided to the commission,” Mr. Bujold said in an e-mail to The Globe, which requested information on what documents have been withheld.
“Discussions about document collection, production and appropriate disclosure have been, and remain ongoing,” he said.
Dan Stanton, a former manager at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and now director of the national-security program at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute, said Justice Hogue has the security clearance to see every item of classified intelligence including cabinet records.
“If things are withheld from the commissioner, then that calls into question the effectiveness of the inquiry,” he said. “The commissioner should be seeing everything, regardless of what is disclosed to the public. Otherwise, how can it be assessed?”
Mr. Bujold said the inquiry has broad access to classified and unclassified documents but information subject to solicitor-client privilege or information that is a cabinet confidence have been withheld.
Asked to explain the reasoning behind the move, Mr. Bujold said, “Cabinet confidentiality is a cornerstone of the Westminster system of government that is protected by convention, common law, and legislative provisions. It is critical to allowing cabinet to carry out its mandate effectively.”
Section 39 of the Canada Evidence Act safeguards cabinet confidentiality, a long-standing principle, upheld by the courts, to protect collective decision-making by ministers.
The confidentiality exceptions are cabinet documents that the government authorized for disclosure to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency. This followed a recommendation from former governor-general David Johnston before he resigned as independent special rapporteur on foreign interference.
Justice Hogue resumes public hearings in the fall and will submit a second and final report on recommendations to combat foreign interference at the end of December.
In her first report, on May 3, Justice Hogue concluded that foreign interference in 2019 and 2021 undermined the right of Canadian voters to have an electoral process “free from coercion or covert influence” and may have affected results in a small number of ridings.
While foreign meddling did not alter the overall outcome of the two elections, she issued a call to action for the government to vigorously enact measures to tackle this “malign” threat to Canadian democracy.
She identified China as the “most persistent and sophisticated foreign-interference threat to Canada” at the moment.
Cancel Trudeau!The Liberal government is facing pushback from Justice Marie-Josée Hogue for citing cabinet confidentiality in redacting records provided to the public inquiry investigating meddling by China and other hostile states in Canadian democracy.
The government is also completely withholding an undisclosed number of cabinet documents, according to the Privy Council Office (PCO), which reports directly to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc had initially promised that the Commission into Foreign Interference would have full access to secret documents, including “all relevant cabinet documents” even if some of that sensitive information can’t be made available to Canadians.
But a dispute has arisen after the government invoked cabinet confidence to redact some cabinet records and to deny the Hogue inquiry access to an unknown number of documents involving foreign interference.
Buried in a footnote in Justice Hogue’s May 3 report, she said there were redactions in some of the cabinet documents handed over to the inquiry and added “discussions as to the applications of these privileges is ongoing.”
Michael Tansey, senior communication adviser to the commission, said Wednesday that Justice Hogue had no further comment.
“In light of the ongoing discussions with the government on document production, the commission has nothing to add at this time,” he said.Trudeau cabinet withholding documents on foreign interference from inquiry — The Globe and Mail
Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc initially promised the commission would have full access to secret records
The PCO told The Globe and Mail that nearly 10 per cent of cabinet documents provided to the inquiry have been redacted. An undisclosed number of other secret cabinet documents have been completely withheld.
Pierre-Alain Bujold, manager of media relations at the PCO, did not say how many cabinet documents have been held back. But he said the commission has been given access to “relevant information” about what the cabinet knew concerning foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections.
“As of May 17, 2024, approximately 9% of the 33,000 documents provided by the government contain one or more redactions. Other documents covered entirely by these exemptions have not been provided to the commission,” Mr. Bujold said in an e-mail to The Globe, which requested information on what documents have been withheld.
“Discussions about document collection, production and appropriate disclosure have been, and remain ongoing,” he said.
Dan Stanton, a former manager at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and now director of the national-security program at the University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute, said Justice Hogue has the security clearance to see every item of classified intelligence including cabinet records.
“If things are withheld from the commissioner, then that calls into question the effectiveness of the inquiry,” he said. “The commissioner should be seeing everything, regardless of what is disclosed to the public. Otherwise, how can it be assessed?”
Mr. Bujold said the inquiry has broad access to classified and unclassified documents but information subject to solicitor-client privilege or information that is a cabinet confidence have been withheld.
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Asked to explain the reasoning behind the move, Mr. Bujold said, “Cabinet confidentiality is a cornerstone of the Westminster system of government that is protected by convention, common law, and legislative provisions. It is critical to allowing cabinet to carry out its mandate effectively.”
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Section 39 of the Canada Evidence Act safeguards cabinet confidentiality, a long-standing principle, upheld by the courts, to protect collective decision-making by ministers.
The confidentiality exceptions are cabinet documents that the government authorized for disclosure to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency. This followed a recommendation from former governor-general David Johnston before he resigned as independent special rapporteur on foreign interference.
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Justice Hogue resumes public hearings in the fall and will submit a second and final report on recommendations to combat foreign interference at the end of December.
In her first report, on May 3, Justice Hogue concluded that foreign interference in 2019 and 2021 undermined the right of Canadian voters to have an electoral process “free from coercion or covert influence” and may have affected results in a small number of ridings.
While foreign meddling did not alter the overall outcome of the two elections, she issued a call to action for the government to vigorously enact measures to tackle this “malign” threat to Canadian democracy.
She identified China as the “most persistent and sophisticated foreign-interference threat to Canada” at the moment.
The Conservatives and Bloc Québécois have forced a meeting of a House of Commons committee to investigate the Liberal government’s refusal to turn over all cabinet documents on foreign interference to a public inquiry into foreign meddling in Canadian democracy.
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Conservatives, Bloc Québécois force meeting to investigate Liberals’ refusal to share foreign interference documents with public inquiry — The Globe and Mai
Ottawa is facing pushback for citing cabinet confidentiality in redacting records provided to the public inquiry investigating interference by China and other hostile states in the 2019 and 2021 elections
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Conservatives, Bloc Québécois force meeting to investigate Liberals’ refusal to share foreign interference documents with public inquiry — The Globe and Mai
Ottawa is facing pushback for citing cabinet confidentiality in redacting records provided to the public inquiry investigating interference by China and other hostile states in the 2019 and 2021 elections
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Conservatives, Bloc Québécois force meeting to investigate Liberals’ refusal to share foreign interference documents with public inquiry — The Globe and Mail
Ottawa is facing pushback for citing cabinet confidentiality in redacting records provided to the public inquiry investigating interference by China and other hostile states in the 2019 and 2021 elections