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  • ‘Elite capture’ may be a bigger problem than the Chinese government’s intimidation tactics, experts warn
    Geoff Russ
  • ‘It directly contradicts the Johnston Report’: The Hub Roundtable breaks down new testimony on the foreign interference scandal
    The Hub Staff
  • You don't have to be a conservative to be anti-woke
    Patrick Luciani

Foreign Policy

Governor General of Canada David Johnston sits during a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 13, 2017. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo.
News Dispatch

‘Elite capture’ may be a bigger problem than the Chinese government’s intimidation tactics, experts warn

A plot by the Chinese government to intimidate Conservative MP Michael Chong and his family in Hong Kong continues to dominate Parliament Hill, but experts are warning that the Chinese…

Geoff Russ - Posted on June 2, 2023
Jody Thomas, National Security and Intelligence Advisor waits to appear as a witness at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on March 1, 2023. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

‘Breakdown in process’ or ‘colossal failure?’ Whatever happened, Trudeau’s national security advisor says it’s fixed

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security advisor admitted on Thursday that something went wrong with how the government handles reports from intelligence agencies but denied opposition claims that it was a wide-ranging systemic failure of Canada’s government machinery.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on June 1, 2023
David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference, leaves after presenting his first report in Ottawa on May 23, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

A chief of staff explains why the Johnston report ‘doesn’t compute’

The Hub’s editor-at-large Sean Speer spoke with Ian Brodie, the former chief of staff to Stephen Harper, for some insight into how governments handle classified and top secret information.

The Hub Staff - Posted on May 26, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping, center left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, center right, step down after their dinner at The Palace of the Facets in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Pavel Byrkin/Kremlin Pool Photo via AP.
Viewpoint

Canada can't be a frog in a world of scorpions

Diplomacy works best when the hand that reaches out is an iron fist in a velvet glove. It shows our enemies and even the enemies of our enemies that while we favour peace, we are prepared to fight with all our resolve for what we believe in.

Harry Rakowski - Posted on May 10, 2023
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 Leaders Summit in Bali, Indonesia on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

Here’s what to expect if China economically retaliates against Canada

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday that he expects further retaliation after expelling the diplomat responsible for an intimidation campaign against an MP’s family. But Trudeau said it’s more important to send a message that this kind of behaviour is unacceptable in Canada and that he won’t be “intimidated.”

Geoff Russ - Posted on May 10, 2023
Conservative MP Michael Chong arrives to a standing committee on foreign affairs and international development in Ottawa on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
Hub Interview

The Hub Roundtable: How a chief of staff views the foreign interference scandal

This week’s Hub Dialogue roundtable welcomes Ian Brodie, a former chief of staff to prime minister Stephen Harper, to discuss the allegations that China waged an intimidation campaign against the extended family of Conservative MP Michael Chong.

Conservative member of Parliament Michael Chong speaks to reporters on Parliament Hill on May 3, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

The first step for Canada in fighting foreign interference? Defining what it is

Canada doesn’t have a legal definition for foreign interference, pushing the authorities to find other crimes committed by malign foreign actors if they want to prosecute them, a national security expert said.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on May 5, 2023
Conservative member of Parliament Michael Chong rises during question period in the House of Commons on April 26, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press.
News Dispatch

Canada needs to make foreign interference a 'high-risk' activity, experts say

It’s too easy for hostile foreign powers to interfere in Canadian democracy with few consequences, national security experts said in the wake of revelations that China had targeted for intimidation the extended family of a member of Parliament.

Stuart Thomson - Posted on May 3, 2023
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speak with military personnel about the North Warning System Site in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, on Thursday August 25, 2022. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press.
Viewpoint

As NATO allies grow impatient, Canada may be quietly planning major increase in defence spending

Canada’s military credibility among our allies is declining. We must remedy our internal issues and arrest the country’s further slide towards irrelevance. But recent rumblings of increased defence spending are promising.

Richard Shimooka - Posted on May 2, 2023
Conservative MP Michael Chong walks with his wife Carrie and sons Cameron (left), Alistair and William (right) to a news conference in Ottawa, Monday May 16, 2016. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press.
Dialogue

‘Appalling abdication of responsibility’ in PMO: CPC MP Michael Chong reacts to alleged threats to family in China

This episode of Hub Dialogues features Conservative MP Michael Chong reacting to a breaking media report that Canadian intelligence officials had evidence that MP Chong’s family in Hong Kong was targeted by a Chinese official in the Toronto consulate, and yet the Canadian government failed to inform him or expel the diplomat.

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