China, for example, tries to choose – and defeat – candidates in elections. This is the most spectacular part of this case. It’s not the only one.

A liberal MP is said to have secretly advised the Chinese consulate in Toronto on how best to arrange the release of the two Canadian hostages in China. This MP was also the beneficiary of China’s efforts to elect him.

Here too, China is trying to silence critics by putting pressure on its family members in China. Conservative MP Michael Chong’s family has been harassed in Hong Kong in a bid to get the MP to change his public stance – and his votes – on China.

I would add that China operates informal – and illegal – police stations on Canadian territory. The aim: to intimidate the Chinese Canadians living here, who are citizens of this country.

These efforts are not limited to Canada. China conducts such operations elsewhere in the world. The United States, for example, in addition to arrests, also dismantled one of these police stations in New York.

At the heart of the revelations about Chinese meddling in Canada: journalists from the globe and mail and Global News. Using Canadian intelligence sources, this media outlet has exposed the scale of China’s attempts to meddle on Canadian soil, as well as the timidity of Canada’s response to these maneuvers.

in Quebec, The press several released shovels on the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation being targeted by China in a donation case imprinted by the Chinese Communist Party.

China was apparently trying to use the foundation, named after Justin Trudeau’s father, as a bargaining chip to get closer to the newly elected prime minister after 2015.

The investigative journalism dedicated to this Chinese interference is impressive, both World and at Global only at The press. These stories will win journalism awards.

Are China’s meddling maneuvers working?

It’s a good question, but it’s not the only one to ask. There are others, more important in my opinion.

What did the politician know about Chinese efforts targeting two lawmakers? And when ? Justin Trudeau knew when what?

What did he do when he found out?

What is the best way to counter these efforts by China to intimidate Canadian politics?

Will the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) be taken seriously by politicians when it exposes networks trying to influence Canadian politics?

Justin Trudeau’s administration’s responses to these questions have evolved over time from contradiction to dissimulation, the government said shovels and internal documents showing the prime minister’s office knew at the time that he pretended not to know…

The only certainty: China acts with impunity in Canada. For example, the prime minister’s office was aware that Conservative MP Michael Chong was the target of a campaign of intimidation against his family in Hong Kong to discourage him from criticizing China.

Justin Trudeau’s office knew which Chinese diplomat in Toronto was pulling the strings of this manipulation.

What has he done ?

Apparently nothing.

Neither Mr. Chong nor the Canadian public was notified, and the Chinese diplomat was not deported. It was only after the story broke – through the media – that the Chinese Ambassador was summoned by our Foreign Ministry…

In short, this story deserves scrutiny against the backdrop of the urgent public debate surrounding Canada-China relations. But if these issues are suddenly the subject of public debate, it is mainly thanks to the journalists of the globe and mailGlobal news and The presswhich for months has described the Chinese state’s interference in Canadian affairs.

Which brings me to Alexandre Trudeau.

Alexandre Trudeau is one of Pierre Trudeau’s three sons, along with Justin and Michel (who died in 1998). He testified before a parliamentary committee on Chinese interference this week. Alexandre Trudeau served on the Board of Directors of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation for 20 years, to which he is still associated.

For Alexandre Trudeau, the story of the Chinese donation of $200,000 to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation – made by a nominee during the Cash came from the Chinese government and immediately after the election of Justin Trudeau – no attempt to interfere, no…

I quote him, imbued with misplaced certainty: “This is bad journalism. »

Allow a small detour before proceeding…

In 2006, Alexandre Trudeau shared an embarrassing letter in which he polished Cuban dictator Fidel Castro’s boots, in the tone of a teenager writing to Justin Bieber. An excerpt: “Fidel does not play politics. He lives to learn and to put his knowledge at the service of revolution, to lead humanity to justice and a more perfect social order. […] His intellect is one of the largest and most complete that can be found…”

And a few years ago, Alexandre Trudeau wrote a book about a trip to China, in the style of his father. There he found the boots of other dictators shining. An excerpt from the book: “I still sometimes defend the Chinese Communist Party. I do not believe that China would have come so far and so quickly without the unity and organizational power imposed on it…”

In short, end of the detour: a stubborn dictatorship like Alexandre Trudeau, who gives us his opinion on journalism, makes me laugh, and that makes me laugh very, very much. That concept, journalism, doesn’t exist in the countries he admires, those dictatorships that “Sacha” praises with his pen steeped in smugness and, let’s face it, stupidity.