The time for pleasantries and diplomatic decorum has come to an end. In a candid May 31, 2018 editorial published in the
Globe and Mail entitled '
China is Not a Threat to Canada', Chinese Ambassador to Canada Lu Shaye made it clear that a destructively toxic environment has been created by the mainstream media and political class alike towards China, which must now come to an end. Although the Chinese are known for their nearly superhuman patience when dealing with basketcase nations of the TransAtlantic region, the state of anti-Sino hysteria now prevalent across Canada has simply gone too far.
The straw that broke the camel's back was the May 23rd intervention launched by the Canadian government into a strategically important purchase of a failing Canadian construction giant named Aecon Inc. As the buy-out - two years in the making - was on the verge of being finalized, a National Security Review conducted by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development concluded that China's ownership of Aecon would be detrimental to Canada by allowing a foreign government access to sensitive military and nuclear technology knowledge that could undermine Canada's safety.
The Ministry justified its decision in the following terms:
"Based on their findings, in order to protect national security, we ordered CCCC not to implement the proposed investment... Our government is open to international investment that creates jobs and increases prosperity, but not at the expense of national security."
Instead of recognizing in China a trusted partner and ally that offers Canada a fresh approach to economic development and cooperation not seen in our country in over 50 years, the majority of the population has been led by evidence-free arguments to see in China only a shifty totalitarian state, abusive towards its own people, hungry to steal technological secrets, desirous of undermining the stability of the "free world" and intent on replacing the USA as a new unipolar world empire.
Comment: Ouf!
Grenell really put his foot in it. The 'Liberal-Conservative' divide in the US doesn't quite translate abroad, where nationalists (as opposed to globalists - the 'elites' he refers to) are often 'from the Left'.
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