A new article from a different source that maybe some here will find a little more palatable.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/poli...election-what/
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We now know the Canadian Security Intelligence Service found there was an organized Chinese-government effort to interfere in Canada’s election in 2021. What we don’t know is whether anything has been done with that information.
It’s not a question of exposing CSIS’s spy-versus-spy world of clandestine surveillance and neutralizing threats with shadowy techniques.
What we need to know is what, if anything, emerged into the more solid world of policing elections. We need to know if Canada actually did anything about it. That’s what the House of Commons’ procedure committee has to investigate.
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and it concludes with this:
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Canada could have expelled Chinese diplomats. But expulsion isn’t much of a punishment for the Chinese government, which would respond in kind and send a replacement.
There would be a stronger deterrence message from prosecuting donors who broke the law in cahoots with Chinese government officials, or executives of companies that hired fake employees to volunteer on campaigns, or campaign workers who illegally returned parts of donations.
Why aren’t those things happening? MPs need to know. They might need to change the laws so such things can be prosecuted in sterner ways. Or prosecuted at all.
The key question about foreign interference is now this: Once Canadian authorities know about it, do they do anything about it?
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