Posted on 06/10/2023 3:29:47 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
A Canadian official appointed to investigate claims of election interference has quit, citing criticism from opposition parties.
David Johnston, 81, was appointed in March to investigate allegations of Chinese interference in Canada's federal elections in 2019 and 2021.
But in a letter to PM Justin Trudeau on Friday, Mr Johnston said he would leave his role by the end of this month.
He has been accused of bias because of his personal ties to Mr Trudeau.
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Maybe he just really didn’t want to find anything.
Parliament passed a non-binding motion for Mr Johnston to “step aside from his role” in a 174-150 vote.
The motion was brought forward by New Democratic Party MP Jenny Kwan, who previously said Canada’s top spy agency informed her she was being targeted by the Chinese government.
That’s exactly the case.
He was totally in bed with the Chicoms.
That’s why Trudeau put him in in the first place.
“””David Johnston, 81, was appointed in March to investigate allegations of Chinese interference in Canada’s federal elections -——— He has been accused of bias because of his personal ties to Mr Trudeau”””
Nothing like appointing the best and the brightest 81 year old to investigate corruption.
CasTru knows his allies.
To put it into context, it was like appointing Mitt Romney to examine the possibility of Democrat corruption.
Some members of parliament apparently want somebody a bit closer to perhaps Ted Cruz but we’re just going to get Mitch McConnell instead.
Anyway, people with any sort of political awareness know all about China’s interference in our political process, it’s actually more blatant with provincial and municipal governments that they can push around for better treatment for their interests. Trudeau was always known to be soft on China, and there aren’t too many Liberals who have any different reputation.
So other than re-hashing what is obvious to some and unknowable to others, there is not much point in this process anyway. Johnston was known to be too friendly with the Trudeau family to trust his oversight but people waited until he passed the fail-safe point of recommending either a public inquiry or a parliamentary inquiry (the latter was preferred because it would have more clout and could raise deeper questions). When he opted for the public inquiry (a process many figure the Liberals can control for optics) he was essentially done, even the NDP would not risk going to the voters rubber stamping that. The Liberals know their base won’t care and they are counting on the issue to go away by the time of any election (which could be as much as two years away).
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