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China Influenced Canadian Elections, Is the U.S. Next?
Townhall ^ | 11/26/2023 | Sarah Arnold

Posted on 11/26/2023 6:35:26 PM PST by SeekAndFind

China may have influenced local and federal political leadership races in Canada— and it's only a matter of time before the Communist country does the same to the U.S.

According to a classified report from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), an unspecified leadership candidate for a provincial political party met with Chinese agents at a Chinese consulate in 2022 to secure their support.

The top secret document refers to the candidate as "CA3". It details how an Oct. 31, 2022, CSIS "Intelligence Assessment" explored how communist Chinese agents are used to influence leaders of Canadian political parties at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels. 

The Bureau's Sam Cooper argues that the candidate in question must have been running for either the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) or the Alberta United Conservative Party (UCP), given that both parties had leadership races during that timeframe. 

However, the BC NDP and the Alberta UCP denied allegations that a candidate met with Chinese counterparts. 

BC Premier David Eby once criticized China's lust for Vancouver's real state. However, he later apologized for his comments after the Chinese-language publication Rise Media published an article by TV broadcaster Ding Guo, who endorsed Eby. 

Cooper argues that the CSIS document suggests that the CCP has tried to exercise financial influence on the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race. It also believes China and other states hostile to Canada use diaspora communities to influence elections at all levels of government. 

The Bureau's investigation of the CSIS allegations exposes concerns about Chinese interference in Canadian elections. It has revealed several gaps in Ottawa's current foreign interference inquiry, which mandated Justice Marie-Josée Hogue to examine Canada's 2019 and 2021 federal elections, not provincial or municipal ones. 

The BC reportedly has a sizeable Chinese-Canadian community. The outlet notes that the Communist country has operated "police stations" in Canadian cities that target Chinese dissidents and critics of the communist state, which the CSIS calls the offices an "arsenal of interference." 

This prompts questions as to whether the U.S. should be worried that the CCP will infiltrate our elections, given that so many Democrat politicians owe their lives to China.

Republicans have argued that President Joe Biden makes the U.S. look weak on the global stage, considering the shady business dealings he and his family have made in China. 

Earlier this year, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla) attacked Biden for refusing to stand up to China, letting the country walk all over the U.S.

"All that Biden does is pacify China," Scott said. "I don't know what it is, but this is a guy who won't stand up to dictators around the world," arguing that Biden walks on eggshells regarding his relationship with China. 



TOPICS: Canada; China; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canada; china; donatefreerepublic; elections; influence; jimknows

1 posted on 11/26/2023 6:35:26 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

China 🇨🇳 already influenced our elections when Brandon cheated his way to the Oval Office.


2 posted on 11/26/2023 6:42:25 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: SeekAndFind

Xiao Bai Dung says “Unpossible, without going through my son.”


3 posted on 11/26/2023 6:49:48 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: No name given

Yes, they may have done so, already.


4 posted on 11/26/2023 6:56:40 PM PST by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: SeekAndFind

China? Can China do a better job ballot stuffing and cyber counting than Democrats/Uniparty?


5 posted on 11/26/2023 6:59:16 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: SeekAndFind

81 million votes for Pantload Joe? Sum Ting Wong.


6 posted on 11/26/2023 7:03:36 PM PST by Nateman (If the Pedo Profit Mad Moe (pig pee upon him!) was not the Antichrist then he comes in second.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Packet- captures say they already have!


7 posted on 11/26/2023 7:08:04 PM PST by old school
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To: Nateman

Sad, that anyone could actually believe that.


8 posted on 11/26/2023 7:10:56 PM PST by old school
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To: SeekAndFind

They already did. Remember the Chinese consulate in Houston that Trump kicked out? They were not burning secrets for 3 days, they were burning ballots. Remember the rhetoric about turning Texas blue. Trump thwarted their plan.


9 posted on 11/27/2023 2:07:18 AM PST by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: SeekAndFind

‘Next’? How’s bout ‘again’!!


10 posted on 11/27/2023 5:59:39 AM PST by SMARTY ("A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies." Tennyson)
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