Do Not Let the CCP Deflect Criticisms with Disingenuous Racism Accusations
As early as 2019, national security officials and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) have been warning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office about serious risks of foreign interference. A recent Globe and Mail article further reported that “China employed a sophisticated strategy to disrupt Canada’s democracy in the 2021 federal election campaign” through Chinese diplomats and their proxies.
According to the Globe and Mail, secret and top-secret documents shared by CSIS revealing the “full extent of the Chinese interference operations” were shared among senior government officials. The classified documents reveal that former consul-general in Vancouver Tong Xiaoling has boasted that she had helped defeat two Conservative MPs. Report also noted that former consul Wang Jin made “discreet and subtle efforts” to “encourage members of Chinese-Canadian organizations to rally votes for the Liberals and defeat Conservative candidates.”
Earlier reports by Global News and recent coverage by the Globe and Mail has prompted public responses from Member of Parliament Han Dong, Senator Yuen Pau Woo and former Vancouver city councillor Kerry Jang. Han Dong criticized the media for not providing details about the consular general in Toronto’s interference with the 2019 elections. Senator Woo accused the media of “fake news” and a “witch hunt.” They all claim that media coverage on PRC interference will place the entire Chinese-Canadian community under public suspicion and make them targets for discrimination.
Former Vancouver city councillor Kerry Jang has likewise recently written in critique of CSIS, claiming that CSIS comments has “no proof”, and “put the whole Chinese community under suspicion again.”
The Chinese-Canadian Concerned Group on the Chinese Communist Party’s Human Rights Violation (hereafter referred to as “Concern Group”) is issuing this media release in critical response to the above-mentioned politicians of Chinese and Asian heritage, and others who are similarly using accusations of racism to obfuscate well-founded public concerns about the integrity of our democratic institutions integrity, and assist the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by using the same to deflect criticism and scrutiny.
Concern Group spokesperson Victor Ho states that political and monetary interference with Canada’s democratic institutions through PRC Consulates in Canada is a subject of the gravest concern. The government’s Rapid Response Mechanism Canada, CSIS, academic studies, and journalistic investigations have all clearly indicated that the CCP is actively attempting to interfere with Canada’s elections and domestic affairs. Even when the former Consular General in Vancouver has openly admitted to such actions, there remain politicians who continue to defend the CCP. Of notable concern is the recent usage of racism accusations to intimidate and silence the English language media.
It is of the Concern Group’s opinion that the CCP’s framing of well-founded scrutiny of the regime as racism is a tactic to stop the Western media by equating criticisms of CCP as attacks on Chinese Canadians, whose identity is exploited to deflect criticisms.
Chinese Canadian communities in Canada have been subjected to racism and rising anti-Asian hate long before the CSIS findings became public knowledge. Pinning the blame for rising racism onto those raising concerns for electoral interference, instead of addressing root causes of systemic racism, further victimizes a community already struggling with racism. Moreover, deflecting criticisms of the PRC’s rampant human rights abuses, including acts against Chinese-Canadians who are outspoken against, or are victims of China’s human rights abuses, actively hurt these vulnerable members of the Chinese Canadian community.
Bill Chu, another spokesperson of the Concern Group explains that the Group is issuing this press release to urge the Canadian public to not fall for the CPP’s narrative manipulations. Investigating and reporting on the Chinese government’s abuse of human rights, international laws and Canadian laws is not racism directed against Chinese Canadians.
The Concern Group notes that recent media investigations and coverage have revealed that the Chinese government’s political influence in Canada is far more widespread than what was previously known. The Prime Minister, rather than addressing public concerns through increased transparency about the true depths of the CCP’s infiltration and the Canadian government’s recourse, has instead responded by downplaying the serious nature of the concerns and giving the appearance of attempting to conceal information from the Canadian public. It is disturbing that the Prime Minister continues to insist that foreign interference, from China or elsewhere, did not change the results of the federal elections in 2019 or 2021 in a “significant way.” Of even greater concern is that the Prime Minister’s current priority appears to be finding the source of the information leak instead of taking immediate and vigorous actions to counteract the Chinese government’s offenses and infiltration.
The Concern Group believes that to counteract the Chinese government’s political infiltration, the Canadian government should launch a robust investigation and public inquiry into election interferences and offences. All offenses under the Canada Election Act and National Security Act must be prosecuted to their full extent. Under the Canada Elections Act, solicitation of partisan donations through a third party is an illegal offense. Persecuting CCP agents in accordance with Canadian law will send the clear message that Canadian laws and elections will not be meddled with, and will serve as a deterrence for future attempts of election interference.
At the same time, the Concern Group is of the opinion that the government should immediately work towards implementing a registry of foreign agents, similar to those of Australia and the United States, to combat foreign interference. We also urge the public and stakeholders to continue to closely monitor the Liberal government’s response to this threat, including whether or not the government will continue to downplay national security concerns or to pass legislation with loopholes that allow for continued foreign interference.
Regarding the concern that politicians of Asian or Chinese heritage would become targets of scrutiny and discrimination following media coverage of China’s human rights abuses, the Concern Group believes that politicians who refuse to speak out against genocide against Uyghur Muslims and other actions of human rights abuse, and those who abide by PRC’s actions and abuses despite those being clear acts of political and electoral interference, will naturally face scrutiny and concerns about their interests and allegiance. The Concern Group call on these politicians to cease actions that serve to further the CCP’s political agenda in Canada, and to stop tokenizing the entire Chinese Canadian community to deflect criticisms of their own individual actions and the actions of the CCP regime.
I can't wait for the list of politicians working for china and against Canadians, I think there should be immediate arrests for these traitors from top to bottom. Why do these people think the use of the word racist can be applied to everything they don't like or try to deflect attention from. They must think most Canadians are stupid.
Sharing with you the below media release:
MEDIA RELEASE
February 28, 2023
Do Not Let the CCP Deflect Criticisms with Disingenuous Racism Accusations
As early as 2019, national security officials and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) have been warning Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office about serious risks of foreign interference. A recent Globe and Mail article further reported that “China employed a sophisticated strategy to disrupt Canada’s democracy in the 2021 federal election campaign” through Chinese diplomats and their proxies.
According to the Globe and Mail, secret and top-secret documents shared by CSIS revealing the “full extent of the Chinese interference operations” were shared among senior government officials. The classified documents reveal that former consul-general in Vancouver Tong Xiaoling has boasted that she had helped defeat two Conservative MPs. Report also noted that former consul Wang Jin made “discreet and subtle efforts” to “encourage members of Chinese-Canadian organizations to rally votes for the Liberals and defeat Conservative candidates.”
Earlier reports by Global News and recent coverage by the Globe and Mail has prompted public responses from Member of Parliament Han Dong, Senator Yuen Pau Woo and former Vancouver city councillor Kerry Jang. Han Dong criticized the media for not providing details about the consular general in Toronto’s interference with the 2019 elections. Senator Woo accused the media of “fake news” and a “witch hunt.” They all claim that media coverage on PRC interference will place the entire Chinese-Canadian community under public suspicion and make them targets for discrimination.
Former Vancouver city councillor Kerry Jang has likewise recently written in critique of CSIS, claiming that CSIS comments has “no proof”, and “put the whole Chinese community under suspicion again.”
The Chinese-Canadian Concerned Group on the Chinese Communist Party’s Human Rights Violation (hereafter referred to as “Concern Group”) is issuing this media release in critical response to the above-mentioned politicians of Chinese and Asian heritage, and others who are similarly using accusations of racism to obfuscate well-founded public concerns about the integrity of our democratic institutions integrity, and assist the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) by using the same to deflect criticism and scrutiny.
Concern Group spokesperson Victor Ho states that political and monetary interference with Canada’s democratic institutions through PRC Consulates in Canada is a subject of the gravest concern. The government’s Rapid Response Mechanism Canada, CSIS, academic studies, and journalistic investigations have all clearly indicated that the CCP is actively attempting to interfere with Canada’s elections and domestic affairs. Even when the former Consular General in Vancouver has openly admitted to such actions, there remain politicians who continue to defend the CCP. Of notable concern is the recent usage of racism accusations to intimidate and silence the English language media.
It is of the Concern Group’s opinion that the CCP’s framing of well-founded scrutiny of the regime as racism is a tactic to stop the Western media by equating criticisms of CCP as attacks on Chinese Canadians, whose identity is exploited to deflect criticisms.
Chinese Canadian communities in Canada have been subjected to racism and rising anti-Asian hate long before the CSIS findings became public knowledge. Pinning the blame for rising racism onto those raising concerns for electoral interference, instead of addressing root causes of systemic racism, further victimizes a community already struggling with racism. Moreover, deflecting criticisms of the PRC’s rampant human rights abuses, including acts against Chinese-Canadians who are outspoken against, or are victims of China’s human rights abuses, actively hurt these vulnerable members of the Chinese Canadian community.
Bill Chu, another spokesperson of the Concern Group explains that the Group is issuing this press release to urge the Canadian public to not fall for the CPP’s narrative manipulations. Investigating and reporting on the Chinese government’s abuse of human rights, international laws and Canadian laws is not racism directed against Chinese Canadians.
The Concern Group notes that recent media investigations and coverage have revealed that the Chinese government’s political influence in Canada is far more widespread than what was previously known. The Prime Minister, rather than addressing public concerns through increased transparency about the true depths of the CCP’s infiltration and the Canadian government’s recourse, has instead responded by downplaying the serious nature of the concerns and giving the appearance of attempting to conceal information from the Canadian public. It is disturbing that the Prime Minister continues to insist that foreign interference, from China or elsewhere, did not change the results of the federal elections in 2019 or 2021 in a “significant way.” Of even greater concern is that the Prime Minister’s current priority appears to be finding the source of the information leak instead of taking immediate and vigorous actions to counteract the Chinese government’s offenses and infiltration.
The Concern Group believes that to counteract the Chinese government’s political infiltration, the Canadian government should launch a robust investigation and public inquiry into election interferences and offences. All offenses under the Canada Election Act and National Security Act must be prosecuted to their full extent. Under the Canada Elections Act, solicitation of partisan donations through a third party is an illegal offense. Persecuting CCP agents in accordance with Canadian law will send the clear message that Canadian laws and elections will not be meddled with, and will serve as a deterrence for future attempts of election interference.
At the same time, the Concern Group is of the opinion that the government should immediately work towards implementing a registry of foreign agents, similar to those of Australia and the United States, to combat foreign interference. We also urge the public and stakeholders to continue to closely monitor the Liberal government’s response to this threat, including whether or not the government will continue to downplay national security concerns or to pass legislation with loopholes that allow for continued foreign interference.
Regarding the concern that politicians of Asian or Chinese heritage would become targets of scrutiny and discrimination following media coverage of China’s human rights abuses, the Concern Group believes that politicians who refuse to speak out against genocide against Uyghur Muslims and other actions of human rights abuse, and those who abide by PRC’s actions and abuses despite those being clear acts of political and electoral interference, will naturally face scrutiny and concerns about their interests and allegiance. The Concern Group call on these politicians to cease actions that serve to further the CCP’s political agenda in Canada, and to stop tokenizing the entire Chinese Canadian community to deflect criticisms of their own individual actions and the actions of the CCP regime.
How does Eby still have these CCP apologists on his staff or even connected at an advisory level? Meggs is somewhere laughing his ass off.
David Eby, the leader of the Needles Drugs and Poverty party is destroying B.C. He is not fit to be in office and should be removed immediately.
I can't wait for the list of politicians working for china and against Canadians, I think there should be immediate arrests for these traitors from top to bottom. Why do these people think the use of the word racist can be applied to everything they don't like or try to deflect attention from. They must think most Canadians are stupid.