Just who does Prime Minister Justin Trudeau imagine is going to believe him?
On Sunday, during a stop in Tunisia to attend the Francophonie summit, our prime minister insisted to Global News that he had no idea who the 11 candidates were who received money and support from China’s Communist government during the 2019 federal election.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
That makes Trudeau’s denial bad enough. Does he mean for us to believe that this info has been circulating within his government and inside the PMO for approximately 22 months and he hasn’t heard a thing about it? Having a hostile foreign government like China’s pay to have agents elected to our Parliament would be one of the biggest scandals in recent electoral history. Yet Trudeau would have us believe no one who works for him or serves in his cabinet thought it was important enough to bring to the boss’s attention.Article contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.But what makes the P.M.
And what was that first conversation about? According to a synopsis supplied to reporters by Trudeau’s staff, Canada’s leader expressed “serious concerns” to Xi that China had engaged in “aggressive” election interference during the 2019 campaign.Article content
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