A G7 nation that can't handle anything more serious than a speeding ticket without collapsing into chaos is the real crime here
That Lich’s case, and that of fellow convoy leader Chris Barber, has gone to trial at all is less an indictment of the actual crimes they are alleged to have committed — mischief, obstructing police and intimidation — than of the sheer incompetence of the Canadian state.
If a police officer witnesses a shoplifter pilfering a store, and then nods and waves him on, it would be ludicrous to track the thief down a week later and arrest him. The prosecutor in Lich’s case has suggested she could face 10 years in prison, which prompts the question: whatever for?
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-tamara-lich-exposed-the-incompetence-of-the-canadian-state
A group of top national security experts is sounding the alarm: Canada’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has crossed from economic engagement into a full-blown democratic threat.
At a Dec. 6 forum in Toronto, former RCMP proceeds-of-crime director Garry Clement called the CCP “the biggest transnational organized crime group ever seen,” warning that Beijing is actively infiltrating Canada’s political, business, and cultural institutions. Through the United Front Work Department, the CCP co-opts elites, business leaders, community organizations, and media outlets—while intimidating and surveilling dissidents “on a daily basis.”
Clement also linked Beijing to the fentanyl crisis, saying the CCP could shut down precursor shipments to Canada “if they really wanted to,” but instead allows the flow as a form of “disruptive warfare,” echoing the tactics of the Opium Wars....