Minister\u0027s comments on proposed Foreign Agents Registry betray quite a bit about the government’s entanglements with China’s friends
It occurred during a meeting of the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations, when Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino was being pressed about his government’s apparent reluctance, going back some years now, to establish a Foreign Agents Registry to deal with Beijing’s influence-peddling and strongarm operations in this country.The NP Comment newsletter from columnist Colby Cosh and NP Comment editors tackles the important topics with boldness, verve and wit.
Michael Chong, the Conservatives’ shadow foreign affairs minister, peppered Mendicino to little avail about why the government hasn’t been more forthcoming about reports that Beijing’s Toronto consulate funded an election-interference network during the 2019 election that reached into a circle of 11 candidates in the Greater Toronto Area.Article content
Zuberi’s motion forced the Trudeau government’s hand on the issue. Last week’s vote was the first time Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet have voted on anything related to the Uyghurs, Zuberi pointed out. While the motion is non-binding, Zuberi says he’s confident that the resettlement plan will be adopted and carried out.
While the Trudeau government presents itself as a “world stage” champion of the marginalized and exploited, an order-paper question put to the Canada Border Services Agency about forced-labour goods entering Canadian markets elicited this response last week: “From January 1, 2016 to December 12, 2022, the CBSA has not intercepted or seized any goods made using forced Uyghur labour in China.”
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