Looking back, we started this Locals for 'refugees' on or about July 11th after the abrupt end of Danielle Smith's Locals. Since then we have had a lot of fun and exchanged a lot of stories and a few 'conspiracy theories'. We made a little money and gave it to a good cause. Unlike so much of 'social media' our members are amazingly polite and kind. Thanks to everyone for contribution, whether it was by posting, paying, or just reading. Here are the latest stats.
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....