“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...
READ MOREMP Michael Chong a symbol of how little Trudeau cares about protecting Canadians from Chinese interference
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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Imagine that a community of nearly two million Canadians was being targeted by a foreign government — that these Canadians were being gaslighted, harassed, threatened and silenced. Shouldn’t the Canadian government help this community and protect it from intimidation? Shouldn’t it do more than simply court it for votes at election time? The answer...
READ MOREHolding Trudeau to account for China’s election interference demands a smarter Conservative party
A pox on both their houses. That phrase comes to mind after a week that left the Liberals flailing, the Conservatives backpedalling, and voters despairing: are ethics and common sense completely absent in Ottawa? First, it was the Liberals’ turn in purgatory. After last week’s bombshell revelations that the Chinese Communist Party meddled in...
READ MORETrudeau shrugs as evidence of Chinese electoral interference mounts
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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