The House of Commons is back — and with it, a crisis no one saw coming. On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that “Over the past number of weeks, Canadian security agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the government of India and the killing of...
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When will Prime Minister Justin Trudeau call a public inquiry into Chinese interference in Canadian elections? Answer: never, if he can help it. There is no upside in this exercise. It is like getting a root canal for a rotten tooth or fixing a leaky sewer system: a lot of pain, disruption, and expense...
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“Persona non grata.” In diplomatic circles, those three words are the equivalent of excommunication. Under Article 9 of the 1963 Vienna Convention for Diplomatic Relations, to which Canada is a party, a country can declare any member of another nation’s diplomatic corps persona non grata “at any time and without having to explain its...
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When it comes to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in Canadian affairs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is running out of runway. Not a week goes by that doesn’t bring fresh revelations about just how badly Canada’s national security has been compromised under his watch. This week, Conservative MP Michael Chong learned from a Globe...
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If I hear the phrase “It’s the economy, stupid” one more time, I think I’ll need a drink. Ever since Democratic strategist James Carville uttered those infamous words in 1992, it’s been accepted wisdom that voters pick their politicians with their pocketbook. Parties focus on exploiting the economic weakness of their opponents, especially if...
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The pressure has been building for months. What did Prime Minister Justin Trudeau know about intelligence reports on foreign interference in Canada’s elections, and when did he know it? Why is CSIS leaking like a sieve? Why won’t the PM call a public inquiry? And so on, and so on. Then, 24 hours before...
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The proof is out, and the jig is up: China’s government interfered in two Canadian federal elections. It did so aggressively and with tangible results. According to CSIS documents obtained by the Globe and Mail, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operatives orchestrated cash donations to political campaigns, had business owners hire “volunteers” for specific election...
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Trade Minister Mary Ng should resign. In 2019 and 2020, the minister of international trade, export promotion, small business and economic development hired a company co-owned by a close friend, Amanda Alvaro, to provide her with media training. The contracts totalled $22,790. While this is small change in Ottawa, as Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion...
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As the world watches the brave people of China rise up against their government, demanding freedom on pain of death, Canada’s government unveiled its long-awaited Indo-Pacific strategy. It includes a new “clear-eyed understanding” of China. “China’s rise, enabled by the same international rules and norms that it now increasingly disregards, has had an enormous...
READ MORE “Anything you want. You decide to run, you call. Anything you want.” I smiled at the man and tucked his business card in my purse. A tempting offer to some, perhaps. The Rosedale fundraiser swirled with political operatives, including a provincial cabinet minister, a local candidate, and wealthy donors to the Ontario PC Party....
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