"The riding that sent me here is called Bow River.
...the Bow doesn't ask Ottawa's permission to flow...the Bow runs past oil wells shut by people who never set foot on a rig.
It flows by farms taxed by bureacurats who couldn't grow a weed.
It flows past churches left to burn.
While politicians offer excuses instead of justice, it flows past the homes of veterans, seniors, and families forgotten by the system but not by me."
https://x.com/KirkLubimov/status/1928853537372647642
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....