I don’t trust David Johnston to conduct a proper inquiry into allegations that China’s government has meddled in Canadian affairs.
Similarly, it should have surprised no one on Tuesday when David Johnston sided with our elitist government despite a majority vote in the House of Commons calling for an inquiry.Recommended from EditorialRoughly, Johnston’s findings were: Move along folks. Nothing to see here. It’s all the media’s fault. At worst there was a breakdown in communication between Canada’s intelligence agencies and the bureaucracy.
Dear god, don’t blame anyone in the Trudeau cabinet. “There is no reason to believe,” their failure to inform Chong of the threat to his cousins, “was intentional.” Could it be that he and his staff are swept up in the Liberal party belief that China’s government is benign that when the intelligence reports on Chong came to them, they willfully refused to believe Uncle Xi could be up to no good.Article contentJohnston is probably right about two things. A fully “public” inquiry was never going to happen.
With all Johnston’s conflicts of interest and elite biases, his ability to offer a speedy conclusion still doesn’t make him the preferred choice.
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