Mark Carney has opened a Pandora’s Box with his China deals
Mark Carney has opened a Pandora’s Box with his China deals
Mark Carney has opened a Pandora’s Box with his China deals
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In the few weeks since Carney’s visit to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other communist leaders, Canadians have learned that the new strategic partnership announced between the two countries was much more than trade negotiations related to canola and EV cars. There were multiple agreements made and MOUs signed that have established police and law enforcement cooperation in the name of “public safety and security,” increased access for Chinese media and communications in Canada, and alignment on government policy for climate change objectives and global governance agendas, including Canada’s recognition of the One China Policy.
Former Canadian ambassador to China, David Mulroney, questioned Carney’s deal making with Beijing, as the government seems to be willfully ignoring serious issues of foreign interference in Canada and dismissing China’s longstanding strategic foreign affairs objective of pulling Canada away from its traditional allies.
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Mulroney warns of the real possibility of the country becoming a “vassal state” of China. In a post this week on X, Mulroney stated: “Our relationship loop with China is now in its See No Evil phase, in which the government pretends that interference is inevitable and can be managed. This will last until interference becomes so egregious and corrosive that it’s impossible to ignore. Give it a year or so.”
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The wisdom of the Carney Liberals to advance new, more entangled relations with the CCP is being brought into question almost daily with new revelations about what the deals may contain and new facts emerging about how nefarious the CCP activities have been in Canada. This is an unfolding story that just this week featured two major news items, which reflected new light on the Canada-China strategic partnership. First, Conservative MPs Micheal Chong and Frank Caputo called on the government to release the details of the MOU on intelligence sharing between China’s Ministry of Public Security and Canada’s RCMP. The government has deemed the MOU “confidential” and does not intend on releasing any details to MPs. This is disconcerting for Garry Clement, former national director of the RCMP’s proceeds-of-crime program, who advises in an Epoch Times interview that the new police agreement may potentially permit the CCP to “capitalize on intelligence,” and this can jeopardize Canada’s credibility with its allies, with the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, and with diaspora groups, who already are unnerved with CCP police stations operating in Canadian cities.
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A second breaking news story this week is a published report that details how the CCP is directing espionage and foreign interference operations throughout western democracies, and Canada is a particular target. The report’s investigation identifies 575 Beijing-linked organizations that are active in Canada: “the Party’s weapon that it uses to expand control and influence without force.” In response, the MLI held a quickly arranged news conference in Ottawa at which Christopher Coates, its foreign policy and national security director, stated, “The question is no longer whether this is happening. The question is whether Canada is prepared to respond with the seriousness that the evidence demands.” Indeed, that is the question.
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