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Came with its own script and CBC set up question:
LILLEY: Trudeau warns journalists that questions about China's election interference are racist and should stop
Facing tough questions about allegations China worked to help elect a Liberal government, Trudeau called questions on the issue racist.
Christian Leuprecht: Beijing is the one stoking racism against Chinese-Canadians — National Post
Those who suggest that investigating foreign interference will somehow endanger Asian-Canadians are falling right into the Chinese Communist Party's trap
That line of argument is simply wrong. It is grounded neither in fact nor in history, but it is actively encouraged by the CCP. It’s curious that members of Canada’s elite who trumpet that line already tend to have a robust record of cozying up to Beijing.
A public inquiry could readily ascertain the extent to which they are actually beholden to the regime. The prime minister’s staunch refusal to call such an inquiry is stoking flames of suspicion.
Yet those who have for years warned of growing interference and have discussed their personal experiences of being harassed by a foreign government are overwhelmingly Asian-Canadians. Canadians of Chinese heritage are already being racially profiled on Canadian soil — by the United Front Work Department’s (UFWD) Overseas Chinese Affairs Office.
Which makes the Japanese internment example so irresponsible and ignorant, but powerful as a recipe for inaction. During the Second World War, Japanese-Canadians were not being systematically targeted and harassed in Canada by the imperial Japanese government. They were being scapegoated by Canadians. That is not the source of the threat here.
Canada urgently needs a (much) more sophisticated public discussion of who the real victims of the Chinese government’s racial narratives are. The CCP’s propaganda aims to convince those who are of Chinese heritage that they owe allegiance to the motherland. That kind of CCP-driven narrative is the root cause of much of the racism here, and it’s exacerbated by members of Canada’s elite who have been amplifying Beijing’s false narratives.
Canadians of Chinese heritage, no less than of any other heritage, must know that they can count on the full and active support of the federal government in combating foreign interference and disinformation aimed at them. Victims of CCP racism have been speaking out for years, but their cries for help are being drowned out by false narratives designed to play into the hands of the Chinese government.
Take political interference claims seriously, Chinese community leaders say
Ottawa should address allegations head-on rather than allow a cloud of suspicion, activists say.
