High-profile Canadians may be on payroll of foreign states
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A recent Department of Public Safety memo has shown that certain
high-profile Canadian politicians and other VIPs might be in the
pay of "foreign states."
Per Blacklock's Reporter, a recently released Foreign Interference
briefing note shows that "foreign states engage in acts of foreign
interference" in an attempt to "advance foreign political interest
and influence federal officials and decision makers."
While the names of the public officeholders were not revealed, the
briefing note stated that foreign states may try to "employ
individuals," some of whom may be "high profile, to act on their
behalf without disclosing ties to the foreign state."
There was no specific country mentioned by name in the memo, but
it did note that Canada continues to be targeted by "foreign states
such as the People's Republic of China, Iran, the Russian Federation
and others."
These states, according to the memo, look to "advance their
political, economic and security interests to the detriment
of Canada's."
Lending credibility to the memo, a former Canadian spy revealed
last year that politicians being on the payroll of foreign
governments, including China, is a real threat to the nation.
Michel Juneau-Katsuya, a former chief of the Asia-Pacific desk
at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), told the House
of Commons ethics committee last August that they have had "to
monitor parliamentarians" due to the threat of foreign interference.
"There are elected officials at all levels whether it's municipal,
provincial or federal who are being paid by foreign governments
and who are not necessarily acting in the interests of Canada," he
noted at the time.
This potential interference by foreign agents has many Canadians
concerned, especially considering Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's
past praise for China's "basic dictatorship," and his labeling of the
dictatorial nation as his favorite country other than his own.
Late last year, this issue seemed to have come to a head, with
Trudeau being angrily accused by Chinese President Xi Jinping
of leaking details of a conversation between the pair about alleged
Chinese interference in Canada's elections to the media.
There have also been reports of China operating clandestine
"Police Stations" on Canadian soil.
Late last year that a Spanish human rights organization had
identified at least two additional Communist Chinese police
"stations" operating in Canada, in addition to three already known.
The "stations" are said to target Chinese nationals living abroad,
often employing illegal methods such as blackmail to ensure the
targeted persons do their former country's bidding.
As a result, Trudeau's Liberal government has been under major
pressure to become more transparent, with six MPs demanding
his government meet publicly to discuss the accusations.
In July of last year, LifeSiteNews reported that an analysis
conducted by a federal research unit showed that the CCP may
have tried to influence the outcome of the Canadian 2021 federal
election, with other reports indicating the 2019 election may also
have been subject to CCP meddling.
In light of this, Bill S-237, formally titled "An Act To Establish
The Foreign Influence Registry and to amend the Criminal Code,"
is currently in its second reading in the Senate.
The bill, introduced by Conservative Senator Leo Housakos, seeks
to make it so all federal lobbyists who receive funds from a "foreign
government, an individual or entity related to a foreign government"
must disclose any payments as well as names of clients. Failure to
comply would result in a $200,000 fine along with a two-year jail
term.
