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Quote from: Brent on April 08, 2025, 12:37:01 PMChina isn't done messing with our elections or trying to keep the Liberals in power. Federal officials announced Monday that a campaign on WeChat, the Chinese social media platform, has been targeting Mark Carney.This should sink the Mark Carney campaign. But, with the help of the Liberal friendly media, nothing sticks to them.
Now, by targeting, it appears that they are supporting Carney based on the stories posted and promoted.
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In the election 2019, the Chinese government targeted a number of ridings across Canada attempting to ensure MPs whose views on China aligned more with Beijing were elected. After the 2021 election, a Chinese diplomat boasted about having had success in ensuring certain voices(all Liberals) were elected and others defeated.
Conservative Kenny Chiu was defeated in 2021 in the Vancouver riding of Steveston—Richmond East. Chiu, originally from Hong Kong, said that a malicious campaign against him had spread on WeChat and he believed it was due to his support for a foreign agent's registry.
Now, we have a clear campaign with direct ties back to Beijing supporting — not targeting — Mark Carney.
Carney has had extensive business ties with China over the years.
When he was governor of the Bank of England, Carney oversaw the move to work more closely with China and Chinese banks. In 2016, Carney worked with Zhou Xiaochuan, then governor of the People's Bank of China on green finance initiatives.
That was a theme he picked up on when he moved to the private sector at Brookfield Asset Management. Carney helped Brookfield dramatically increase their investments in China and just last October, during a visit to Beijing, Carney helped the company secure a $276 million loan from a state-owned bank.
Carney's ties to China are deep, of course President Xi Jinping would want him to be elected to lead Canada.
The question is will Canadians decide to elect someone favoured not only by Xi in Beijing, but also by President Donald Trump in Washington.
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