Trudeau Coverup | Failure at Every Level
Utterly disrespected throughout the world and at home, Canada's big spender, corrupt and not free, is leading Canada down a dark hole.
This is probably the most shocking yet disappointing news you will hear today, so brace yourselves. There are some among the Canadian political class who have betrayed the trust of the people. I am talking of politicians who Canadians believed in and voted for, and these same politicians have turned away from us and pledged support to a foreign power. A 2020 letter from an Ontario-based Chinese-Canadian business association to a Chinese Communist Party official was recovered, which stated that the association has been promoting China’s image in fighting COVID 19 and pledges continuing support of the “great motherland.” This letter was signed by Senator Victor Oh and former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan.
Over the past month, a series of leaks from within CSIS, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, has stirred up an astonishing storm. In November, it was leaked that a clandestine CCP network had funded and infiltrated the campaigns of 11 candidates in 2019’s federal election.
Trudeau reacted to November’s leak by having his staff tell the press that he had confronted Xi Jinping about the claims at a meeting during the G20 conference in Bali. Extraordinary footage then emerged of Xi accosting Trudeau about the leaks before walking off muttering that the Prime Minister was ‘very naïve’.
Details of the interference were then murky, but further leaks early last month claimed that the Trudeau was in fact briefed about the CCP network – which allegedly involved more than a dozen aides, a standing provincial politician, unelected officials and donors – before the 2019 election and not just after. Intel suggested that large sums changed hands, election law was breached (though there is no police investigation), and Trudeau’s Liberal party were the beneficiaries.
Members of the House ethics committee have agreed to call Canada's interim ethics commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein to testify about the rules around gifts and trips, amid concerns over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's latest Jamaican vacation.
While the acting ethics official has been invited to speak specifically about the rules for "gifts, vacations, and travel," under the Conflict of Interest Act, MPs on the committee agreed that all questions related to Trudeau's holiday trip will be allowed.
It remains to be seen whether this one-time hearing could be expanded into a more fulsome study into the matter, depending on what's revealed at this upcoming meeting.
The decision to invite von Finckenstein to appear was made at a special hearing on Wednesday. He's expected to appear once Parliament and regular House of Commons committee hearings resume at the end of January.
Speaking to why he led the push for this probe, Conservative MP and ethics critic Michael Barrett said that he wanted to hear directly from von Finckenstein about whether or not he knew Trudeau would be staying for free at a villa, owned by a longtime family friend.
"The question isn't, 'Should the prime minister take vacations?' Everyone is entitled to one, and that's fine," Barrett said Wednesday. The problem is the changing narrative coming from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Barrett said. "This is incredibly problematic."
Liberal MPs agreed to call for the ethics commissioner to appear, but indicated their intent is to see him speak publicly about MPs' ethics rules to provide Canadians clarity around what is permitted and why.
The New Democrats backed the push to focus the hearing more broadly than on Trudeau's latest trip, noting that given recent examples of travel by both Liberals and Conservatives, MPs ought to explore whether the rules need to be adjusted regarding the wealthy being able to influence their political friends.
"I think it makes sense to expand the scope of the visit, not to the exclusion of the question about the Jamaica trip, because obviously, that's why we're all here... But on the other hand, to have it only be about that also means that I think we may be setting ourselves up just to get some quite unsatisfactory answers," said NDP MP Daniel Blaikie during Wednesday's meeting.
This push for a study comes after the Official Opposition wrote to the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner last week. In the letter, Barrett asked him to launch an investigation(opens in a new tab), citing concerns about Trudeau's shifting messaging regarding the cost of his 10-day family vacation.
While Trudeau's office has not confirmed the location of the prime minister's holiday, the National Post has reported the family stayed at a privately owned villa that rents for several thousand dollars per night, and is part of a resort that belongs to businessman Peter Green's family, which has decades-old ties to the Trudeau family.
In estimating that the trip would be valued at more than $80,000, Barrett suggested the offering of accommodations was a substantial gift, and challenged the premise that it was equivalent to staying at a friend's place over the holidays.
The Conservatives also tried to get the committee to order all correspondence and documents including emails, text messages, call logs, and notes, between Trudeau's office and the Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner regarding his travel to this estate.
That effort was defeated, with NDP and Liberal MPs expressing concerns about the precedent that would set given MPs go to von Finckenstein's office in confidence, to consult and seek advice on their conduct.
Asked Wednesday morning about the acrimony surrounding his vacation, and whether he can see how Canadians could misinterpret the gifted accommodations, Trudeau doubled down. He said in French that his family, like many others, stayed with friends over the Christmas season, and all the rules were followed.
"I really don't think that the seriousness of this has landed for Prime Minister Trudeau and I hope that, you know, hearing from the ethics commissioner will help reinforce the legal obligations that designated public office holders will have with respect to the Act," Barrett said, reacting to the prime minister's remark.
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