As critics push Trudeau on China interference, Liberal MP says he has become ‘target’ | Lethbridge News - Canadian Press:
December 23, 2022 - "Politicians including a Liberal MP and a senator say they fear allegations of Chinese interference in the 2019 federal election will lead to anti-Asian racism.... In an interview with The Canadian Press, Liberal MP Han Dong suggested that claims of Beijing’s interference have been light on detail. 'If it’s so vague, then I think a lot of Chinese Canadians feel that they might be targeted,' he said. 'I have a big target on the back.'
"Global News reported last month that after the 2019 election, senior officials had briefed Trudeau about a 'vast campaign of foreign interference' allegedly waged by China’s consulate in Toronto. The allegations, which The Canadian Press has not been able to verify, involve the Chinese Communist Party flowing funds to a pro-Beijing network in Canada that included at least 11 Liberal and Conservative candidates who ran in that election....
"Dong argues the reporting has left unanswered questions that could cause people to make assumptions based on anti-Asian tropes.... 'The worst of vagueness is (that) it’s very easy to trigger another round of anti-Chinese racism or anti-Chinese hate we saw during the pandemic,' said Dong, who immigrated to Canada from China in his youth. 'I’m worried that the outcome of it will negatively hurt the Chinese Canadian community here'....
"In spring 2021, the Conservatives had objected to a suggestion Trudeau made that their questions about Chinese interference could wade into intolerance.... Former Tory MP Kenny Chiu, who was born in Hong Kong, had compared Trudeau’s response to the communist regime’s tactics of conflating dissent with anti-Chinese sentiment. In an interview this week, Chiu said that Dong’s argument follows the same logic, whether intentionally or not.... Chiu lost his seat in the 2021 election, during which he was the subject of a Chinese-language disinformation campaign that he suspects was linked to Beijing, although authorities have never confirmed this."
Read more: https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2022/12/23/as-critics-push-trudeau-on-china-interference-liberal-mp-says-he-has-become-target/
News report identifies Liberal MP helped by Chinese interference | True North - Cosmin Dzsurdzsa:
February 25, 2023 - "Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) sources and documents claim to show that Liberal MP Han Dong received assistance from the Chinese consulate in Toronto during his nomination race in 2019. Global News reporter Mackenzie Gray tweeted on Friday that the consulate was involved in transporting seniors and students to vote for him at a party meeting. It is alleged that CSIS had urged senior officials in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office to rescind Dong’s nomination due to the alleged foreign influence involved.
"It is alleged that the seniors were told to vote for Dong to be the candidate by having his name written on their arms. It is also alleged that Chinese international students were also equipped with fake residence addresses and sent to the nomination meeting in support of Dong under the pretense that not doing so could threaten their student visa status. Dong told Global News that he denies the allegations, claiming instead that his nomination followed ordinary procedures....
"The Prime Minister’s Office has also responded to the story, saying that there was 'factual inaccuracies' to the report. 'As you are aware, we are unable to comment on your questions regarding secret or top secret matters. That is the law. There are so many factual inaccuracies in your questions that it is not possible to even begin to answer your questions,' wrote the PMO. 'Han Dong is a strong representative who served his community through the pandemic and consistently works to make life better for people, including calling out discrimination that is too often targeted at the Chinese Canadian community.'”
Read more: https://tnc.news/2023/02/25/news-report-identifies-liberal-mp-helped-by-chinese-interference/
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