We Don't Have to Trade With China

Another election, another rigging:

A Montreal-area Liberal candidate invited to a campaign event this week the head of two organizations suspected by the RCMP of operating a secret Chinese police station.

The invitation by Alexandra Mendès, the Liberal incumbent running for re-election in Brossard—Saint-Lambert, sowed consternation within the Liberal party, which has faced scrutiny over multiple candidates’ comments about or apparent links to the Chinese government.

In a picture provided to National Post, Xixi Li, the head of two controversial Chinese community organizations and a Brossard city councillor, is seen attending an invitation-only dinner hosted by Mendès Tuesday evening. ...

Li is the executive director of Service à la Famille Chinoise du Grand Montréal (SFCGM) and the Centre Sino-Québec de la Rive-Sud (CSQRS). In 2023, the RCMP announced that it was investigating suspicions that the organizations secretly housed a Chinese “police station” that may be supporting efforts to intimidate or silence critics of China’s ruling communist regime.

At the time, the RCMP said the investigation was part of a larger probe aiming to “detect and perturb criminal activities supported by a foreign state that can threaten the safety of people living in Canada.” One month later, it said it had “shut down illegal police activity in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia.”

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What a liar:

China is the biggest threat to Canada’s security, Prime Minister Mark Carney last night told a TV election debate audience. His remark followed the abrupt departure of three former Liberal MPs in the past month over foreign interference: “China, you say?”

 

Then why are dealing with the members of the communist party, Carney?