Arthur. Thanks. I don't believe that the Trudeau government "clearly favours the Chinese government" whatever that means. I think they have learned a lot of hard lessons about China since coming to power in 2015. As I say in the column more remains to be done, including on issues not touched by the current furore. On Coyne ,there are two types of Op Ed contributors--those employed by the Globe (like Coyne) and those who write from an independent perspective. As you will know the Globe's editorials, in line with its reporters (Fife and Chase) and its employed Op Ed columnists all support the idea of a public inquiry, though Coyne is the most radical in his views about it. I hope you will continue to read my own commentary, even if you disagree with its findings and continue to respond.
Hi Wes. I agree with your views here. Unfortunately for columnists like Andrew, I get the impression that news outlets are responding to business pressures by stoking the “five alarm emergency!”headlines and columns. “What did Trudeau know, and when did he know it?”
We need to be able to rely on our security and law enforcement agencies to ensure Canadians are acting in a legal, if not moral, way. We also need to know that our government is imposing costs on foreign interference.
I think a public inquiry into foreign and domestic interference in elections would be helpful, including the impact and mitigation of misinformation and disinformation. Maybe a public inquiry into increasing our engagement in public issues. Maybe one into improving how elections are held, and one into how to better manage health care and education. Lots of opportunities to inquire into, but not this purely political media inspired feeding frenzy!
If the concern is political parties favouring or benefiting from foreign governments, why are we not looking into Harper's hurried and to me unexpected trade deal with China?
Perhaps the leakers leak because Trudeau refuses to do anything about the help his Party got from the foreign government. How much more clear does it have to be for this writer to determine Trudeau clearly favors the Chinese Government. Oh by the way isn't Coyne an opinion columnist? Isn't it his job to write about these issues?
Arthur. Thanks. I don't believe that the Trudeau government "clearly favours the Chinese government" whatever that means. I think they have learned a lot of hard lessons about China since coming to power in 2015. As I say in the column more remains to be done, including on issues not touched by the current furore. On Coyne ,there are two types of Op Ed contributors--those employed by the Globe (like Coyne) and those who write from an independent perspective. As you will know the Globe's editorials, in line with its reporters (Fife and Chase) and its employed Op Ed columnists all support the idea of a public inquiry, though Coyne is the most radical in his views about it. I hope you will continue to read my own commentary, even if you disagree with its findings and continue to respond.
Hi Wes. I agree with your views here. Unfortunately for columnists like Andrew, I get the impression that news outlets are responding to business pressures by stoking the “five alarm emergency!”headlines and columns. “What did Trudeau know, and when did he know it?”
We need to be able to rely on our security and law enforcement agencies to ensure Canadians are acting in a legal, if not moral, way. We also need to know that our government is imposing costs on foreign interference.
I think a public inquiry into foreign and domestic interference in elections would be helpful, including the impact and mitigation of misinformation and disinformation. Maybe a public inquiry into increasing our engagement in public issues. Maybe one into improving how elections are held, and one into how to better manage health care and education. Lots of opportunities to inquire into, but not this purely political media inspired feeding frenzy!
Thanks for this.
If the concern is political parties favouring or benefiting from foreign governments, why are we not looking into Harper's hurried and to me unexpected trade deal with China?
Perhaps the leakers leak because Trudeau refuses to do anything about the help his Party got from the foreign government. How much more clear does it have to be for this writer to determine Trudeau clearly favors the Chinese Government. Oh by the way isn't Coyne an opinion columnist? Isn't it his job to write about these issues?