Stand up to China, Mr. Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is awfully tough on suspected Chinese spy balloons. After the United States shot one down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4, he authorized a similar fate for another flying in Canadian airspace a week later.It was already known that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service briefed him last fall about efforts by China’s consulate in Toronto to meddle in the 2019 general election by targeting 11 candidates in the Greater Toronto Area.
A suspected spy balloon floating 30,000 feet above Yukon? Shoot it down. A concerted effort to interfere in elections at ground level? Nothing to see here, folks. This was not simply a matter of Beijing pushing influential players in Canada, including some in the Chinese-language media, to scare voters into thinking that a Conservative government would ban Chinese students from some universities – although that was certainly part of it.
These would be illegal activities. And the possibility that the campaigns of the targeted candidates themselves participated in such activities is off the charts. Is it possible that MPs involved in this are sitting in the House of Commons today?
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