Whistleblower says exposing China’s election meddling in Canada must be done despite the risk
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The Canadian Security and Intelligence Service official said he felt he had to speak out for the good of the country after government leaders repeatedly ignored his warnings.
(LifeSiteNews) – The Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) official who has been steadily leaking confidential information to the media regarding alleged interference in Canada’s elections by China said exposing interference must be done to protect the future of the integrity of the process.
In an opinion titled “Why I blew the whistle on Chinese interference in Canada’s elections” published by the Globe and Mail last Friday, the whistleblower author detailed in full the reasons behind the steady leaking of information, which could come with severe consequences.
The CSIS whistleblower said, “I swore an oath. Not to party or to person, but to my country, to its democratic institutions and to my fellow Canadians.”
“When I first became aware of the significance of the threat posed by outside interference to our democratic institutions, I worked – as have many unnamed and tireless colleagues – to equip our leaders with the knowledge and the tools needed to take action against it,” the whistleblower wrote.
The whistleblower noted that as months and years passed, there grew a threat in Canada regarding election meddling by foreign states and that “serious action remained unforthcoming.”
“I endeavored, alone and with others, to raise concerns about this threat directly to those in a position to hold our top officials to account. Regrettably, those individuals were unable to do so,” the whistleblower wrote.
In recent weeks, there has been a steady and ongoing stream of leaks from this author detailing how the Communist Chinese Party (CCP) has been allegedly interfering in Canada’s most recent federal elections.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, under mounting pressure to investigate alleged CCP interference, on Wednesday appointed an “independent special rapporteur” in lieu of a public inquiry that MPs from all opposition parties had requested.
However, the “independent” rapporteur is former Governor General David Johnston, who is a longtime family friend and member of the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation. The opposition Conservative Party of Canada blasted the appointment.
According to the whistleblower, despite the revelations being troubling, there is no evidence that “foreign interference dictated the present composition of our federal government.”
“Nor do I believe that any of our elected leaders is a traitor to our country,” the whistleblower wrote.