The Hub - ‘Elite capture’ may be a bigger problem than the Chinese government’s intimidation tactics, experts warn
“Elite capture, I think it’s a significant problem in this country",...
“It’s a problem in terms of the Laurentian elite, the political, economic, and social consensus between Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal. Look at the key cabinet ministers, they all come from that triangle.”
#davidjohnston #trudeau #cdnpolitics #cdnpoli
"Mr. O’Toole said CSIS told him that the Chinese Communist Party, using Beijing’s United Front Work Department, paid funds to create “specific products of misinformation on me as a member of Parliament and leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.”"
And yet #DavidJohnston had already completed his report when he interviewed Erin O'Toole and submitted it for translation into French.
Right, nothing to see here at all.....
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Global News BC: NDP’s Jenny Kwan says CSIS revealed China is targeting her https://globalnews.ca/news/9730556/jenny-kwan-csis-chinese-interference/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #jennykwanchineseinterference #electioninterference #2019federalelection #2021federalelection #Chineseinterference #foreigninterference #ElectionIntegrity #jennykwantargeted #DavidJohnston #MichaelChong #ErinO'Toole #JennyKwan #Politics #Canada #World #CSIS #NDP
#globalnews #BritishColumbia #news #jennykwanchineseinterference #electioninterference #2019federalelection #2021federalelection #Chineseinterference #foreigninterference #electionintegrity #jennykwantargeted #davidjohnston #michaelchong #erino #jennykwan #politics #Canada #world #csis #ndp
Angus Reid Institute - Election Interference: Canadians tilt towards calling for a public inquiry; majority call government response ‘evasive’
"New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds Canadians leaning towards the view that the “special rapporteur” erred in judgment."
#davidjohnston #trudeau #cdnpolitics #cdnpoli
Terry Glavin for The National Post - David Johnston escapes inquiry into his own China dealings
"When he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Nanjing University in 2012, Johnston had already made more than a dozen visits to China. As president of the University of Waterloo, Johnston oversaw the establishment of one of China’s propaganda-and-espionage Confucius Institutes. He has met Xi Jinping several times..."
#davidjohnston #trudeau #cdnpolitics #cdnpoli
Sean Speer: The unavoidable implication of the Johnston report: Canada is broken
"A government that can permit years of foreign interference in its democracy because it cannot figure out its email log-in is hardly one to trust to re-engineer the economy or much else for that matter."
#davidjohnston #trudeau #cdnpolitics #cdnpoli
The Tyee: Jenny Kwan’s Case for an Inquiry into China Election Interference Claims (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/03/30/Jenny-Kwan-Inquiry-China-Election-Interference/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #CanadianSecurityIntelligenceService #ConservativeMPMichaelChong #PrimeMinisterJustinTrudeau #ForwardTogetherVancouver #VancouverEastMPJennyKwan #LouisHuangpediatrician #FriendshipCityprogram #VancouverMayorKenSim #Power&PoliticsCBC #Anti-Asianracism #Kaohsiung,Taiwan #DavidJohnston
#BCNews #TheTyee #canadiansecurityintelligenceservice #conservativempmichaelchong #primeministerjustintrudeau #forwardtogethervancouver #vancouvereastmpjennykwan #louishuangpediatrician #friendshipcityprogram #vancouvermayorkensim #power #anti #kaohsiung #davidjohnston
“Johnston was appointed governor general in 2010 by then-Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He held that role until 2017.” #Rapporteur #Cdnpoli #DavidJohnston #Elections
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/david-johnston-special-rapporteur-election-interference-1.6779988
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Melted & fused Compact Cassettes belonging to #volcanologist David Johnston, found by his colleagues after he was killed in the eruption of Mount Saint Helens (1980) as seen in the documentary Fire of Love (2022).
#volcanologist #cassettes #volcano #mtsthelens #fireoflove #davidjohnston