CSIS report: some Canadian politicians under foreign influence

[MarkOttawa]

Norman Spector spots the key thing:

CSIS and l’affaire Fadden: “Heads should roll all right – heads at the CBC.”
http://unambig.com/csis-and-laffaire-fadden-heads-should-roll-all-right-%E2%80%93-heads-at-the-cbc/

Mark
Ottawa

 

[The Bread Guy]

....here on the CSIS web page:

“Recent comments I made in the context of a special report by the CBC on CSIS have given rise to some concerns about foreign interference in Canada.  The following statement is meant to place those comments in context.

All of the activities of the Service take place within the law and the CSIS Act in particular.  The CSIS Act requires the Service to investigate threats to the security of Canada – including foreign interference.  The Service has been investigating and reporting on such threats for many years.  Foreign interference is a common occurrence in many countries around the world and has been for decades.

I have not apprised the Privy Council Office of the cases I mentioned in the interview on CBC.

At this point, CSIS has not deemed the cases to be of sufficient concern to bring them to the attention of provincial authorities.

There will be no further comments on these operational matters.”

Richard B. Fadden,
Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service

 

[GK .Dundas]

Norman Spector spots the key thing:

CSIS and l’affaire Fadden: “Heads should roll all right – heads at the CBC.”
http://unambig.com/csis-and-laffaire-fadden-heads-should-roll-all-right-%E2%80%93-heads-at-the-cbc/

Mark
Ottawa

I have to admit  I really thought the timing of the story was really strange, Because the CBC had to know what the effect of such a story .

 

[UoTJustin]

I've followed china's foreign more or less during the years. I don't know the seriousness of these cases but I think they can be viewed in the larger context of China's grab for natural resources.

China's economy depends largely on importing natural resources from Australia, South America, Africa and the middle east. Part of their foreign policy is directed at securing resources for the future and they have made signed many many treaties with countries in those regions. Essentially anyone with natural resources can expect a knock on their door.



(to mod, sorry for reposting a open discussion in the wrong forum)

 

[OldSolduer]

"I don't think that in the history of Canada there has ever been a verified agent of influence."

Yes, verified. So how many unverified agents have there been?

 

[GK .Dundas]

Doesn't Fred Rose qualify for the title.

 

[Antoine]

Michel Juneau-Katsuya warned us many times in the past about similar threats. So, what's next?

 

[MarkOttawa]

Then there's this case:

Zhang v. Treasury Board (Privy Council Office)
http://pslrb-crtfp.gc.ca/decisions/summaries/2010-46_e.asp

...
The grievor was terminated from her position as a direct consequence of the revocation of her Secret security clearance – she successfully grieved the termination and the adjudicator ordered the employer to conduct a diligent search for an alternate position for her – the search was unsuccessful and her employment was terminated once again – the present grievances were filed alleging that the employer had failed to conduct a diligent search and had acted in bad faith – the employer was ordered to produce, in advance of the hearing, certain documents relevant to the grievances – it produced several of the documents but refused to provide others, arguing that they should remain confidential on the grounds of labour relations privilege – a hearing was convened to deal with the employer’s refusal to produce the documents – the documents in question were communications between labour relations officers or between labour relations officers and management representatives about the course of action to take with respect to the grievor in light of the decision to reinstate – the adjudicator held that while the documents were arguably relevant, labour relations privilege had not been recognized as a class privilege and that the Wigmore test had to be applied – while the relationship between management representatives ought to be sedulously fostered, the interests of those actors must be balanced with the need to ensure the proper administration of justice – the fourth criterion of the Wigmore test favoured disclosure – the grievor’s right to a fair hearing outweighed the need to protect confidentiality of communications – the issues raised by the grievances stem from an order of an adjudicator and not from decisions made by the employer at its own discretion – the issue relates to the credibility of the grievance process and respect for orders issued by adjudicators.

Objection dismissed.

More:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ndp-mp-olivia-chow-slams-baseless-spy-stories/article1617168/

...
Few have felt the brunt of the spy service’s fears like Haiyan Zhang, a Chinese-born Canadian and rising star in Ottawa’s civil service until she reached its core, the Privy Council Office, in 2003.

Ms. Zhang was fired after a CSIS security-screening investigation cited her previous work in Cairo as a journalist for Xinhua, the Beijing-controlled news service, and her attendance at receptions in Ottawa co-hosted by the Foreign Affairs department and the Chinese embassy.

“What is most disturbing about this CSIS allegation [by Mr. Fadden] is that such sweeping statements are accepted as facts without any evidence being presented,” Ms. Zhang said. “If there are proven spies, they should be ousted and charged as they do in the United States. If not, then stop such propaganda which only helps to alienate us and create distrust among all Canadian citizens.”

Loyal civil servant or threat to national security? [2008]
Recently declassified documents reveal how several Ottawa agencies worked to rid the bureaucracy of one of its rising stars
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/article681871.ece

Mark
Ottawa

 

[MarkOttawa]

No journalistic malfeasance by the CBC:

L’affaire Fadden: Norman respectates
http://unambig.com/laffaire-fadden-norman-respectates/

...
The CBC interview was not held in the can...

Mark
Ottawa

 

[The Bread Guy]

More here from Brian Stewart who put together the piece.