Michael Ma sieht sich mit Protesten und Fragen zu China-Affinitäten konfrontiert, nachdem er das Wort an die Liberalen übergeben hat
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/michael-ma-faces-protests-questions-of-china-affinities-after-crossing-floor-to-liberals
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Where were any of these critiques or accusations when he was running for the CPC, especially when the CPC was polling to win a majority?
We heard rumours previous that Poilievre and the CPC were actively threatening to blackmail any MP that wanted to cross the aisle. It’s becoming clear that that is a blatant attack from the CPC to discourage any future potential floor crossers.
There were photos circulating of about a dozen protesters, half of which are press. I don’t know if it has grown since? Amongst the protesters is Joe Tay who won the nomination for Markham-Unionville only for the CPC leadership to swap him out with Ma. Not exactly a ringing endorsement for the CPC.
Is this how conservatives are?
You’ll make up BS conspiracies based off of their ethnicity? But never questioned beforehand. Just like Theresa Tam, a woman who’s family came from Hong Kong and escaped oppression, but nah she Asian so must be close to the CCP.
> overly close orientations to…
Thanks for reminding us Pierre is the only leader who deliberately wants to stay uninformed about foreign interference…
“For him to be the CIO of the (Hong Kong) Hospital Authority, it really shows his alignment with the Chinese government policy toward Hong Kong,” charged Fung, president of the group Canada-Hong Kong Link. Ma became an executive after the Chinese communist government took control of Hong Kong institutions, and Fung argues that high-ranking officials were then expected to be loyal to the government.“
I mean, I’d like to give the benefit of the doubt and think that’s already been looked into, but it’s certainly something worth knowing about that’s not just conspiracy board hearsay.
This is in many ways not that surprising. As a matter of course, the CCP functionally selects the outcome in Markham—Unionville and Don Valley North and will oust members who do not sufficiently support Chinese interests, such as in the case of Geng Ten.
While people can correctly point out the double standard of the National Post only bringing this up after his defection, it doesn’t change the fact he is in all likelihood a Chinese asset like Paul Chiang, Bob Soroya and John McCallum before him.
Also inb4 bots take over this thread as they do with all Chinese interference threads.
evidently these things didn’t matter to them when he was a Conservative. Perfectly okay until he crossed the floor, and now it’s all this?
It’s literally a double standard.
So the implication here is that the Tories knowingly ran a Chinese asset, am I hearing that correct? Critical thinking doesn’t appear to be a strong suit for many of these overly online Tory partisans and it shows.
The discourse over Ma has devolved into flat out racism, disguised as vigilance against foreign interference. The line of argument is that any Canadian of Chinese descent who enters politics should be treated as suspect, even if they’re from a territory whose residents are especially sensitive to the actions of the PRC, unless they support the Conservatives. These same people heralded Ma’s election as a supposed triumph over a compromised candidate in Yuen, and now have turned on a dime spouting defamatory drivel about how Ma is allegedly a Chinese asset. Sam Cooper, who I remind folks, was responsible for crafting a defamatory story about former MP Han Dong that forced Global News to pay out millions to him, was on this train.
The Tory partisan alarmism over Chinese influence in Canada amounts to stringing out convoluted, spurious connections between anyone who is Chinese that enters politics and elements of the CCP, rather than any rational, grounded conversation about the matter. They can continue to raise all the questions they want but it doesn’t take away from the fact that it is just racism more than anything than acting out of any genuine concern for Canadian democracy.
if it wasn’t a problem while he was a Conservative, why would it be a problem now?
someone is desperately trying to create a scandal and political football
I would take this more seriously if they cared about this when he was Conservative. If they didn’t care then, then either it wasn’t bad or they know it’s bad but they want power at all costs. All this tells me is that all/most CPC members have skeletons in their closets and they’re all aware of them, using the fear of releasing them to keep the party in line. Is this a political party or an organized crime ring?
So yeah, investigate Ma. Investigate Poilievre too. Expose his skeletons.
I just want to point out that the primary goal of foreign interference isn’t to flip election results, it’s to erode trust in democratic institutions and public confidence. That’s why allegations of foreign interference need to be handled seriously by everyone, including those making the claims, because careless accusations can unintentionally do that damage for them.