To be viewed in tandem with the previous post on Trust and Ethics in Media
?In the previous post, I presented a series of 8 “exhibits” in order to get at answers to these questions:
Is Canadian mainstream media actually FREE or is it BLOCKED, IMPEDED, RESTRICTED or otherwise constrained?
and
How can we TRUST the Media, when it is constrained by Outside Forces?
After viewing the exhibits on your own and thinking your thoughts, I invite you to open a second tab to toggle back and forth between the exhibits and my running commentary shared here...
https://followingthecovidscience.substack.com/p/do-you-see-what-i-see-a-guided-tour
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....