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Today in 1965, a coup & counter-coup in #Indonesia led to one of the great bloodbaths of the later 20th century. Western governments encouraged mass killings.
Evidence from Canadian archives summarized: davidwebster.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/196…
#cdnfp @ForeignPoli_C
Evidence from Canadian archives summarized: davidwebster.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/196…
#cdnfp @ForeignPoli_C
In Flowers in the Wall, Baskara Wardaya provides an exploration of clashing historical narratives of 1965: the official narrative as a wall that blocks light and words, and efforts of non-government voices to break through that wall. Free download at prism.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/hand…
We can’t understand 1965 without also looking at the global setting & actions of major governments outside Indonesia. In the same book, Bernd Schaefer looks at the roles of the US & China & asks what a 1965 truth commission might look like. Free download prism.ucalgary.ca/bitstream/hand…
@AndrewScheidl @nytimes @LongWarJournal @TerryGlavin @billroggio @DaveLapanDC @laraseligman @LucasFoxNews @loupalu @ABlinken @jakejsullivan @BrigMahalingam @ThielsChristian @CanadaFP @JustinTrudeau @SallyArmstrong9 @US4AfghanPeace @HMcPhersonMP @calxandr @TheTyee @MarcGarneau @thomasjoscelyn @SecBlinken @TOLOnews @dmarusic @PDShinkman @CanadaNATO @JackDetsch @Charles_Lister @natsecwatson @DrIanHall @PaulSzoldra @FranticGoat @KyleWOrton @Cold_Peace_ @simongerman600 @CarlaBabbVOA @Ayei_Eloheichem @nahaltoosi @heatherbarr1 @EzzatMehrdad @HarjitSajjan @NationalDefence @EliLake @FredLitwin @RDiManno @JohnWrightLive @nkeung @CFOperations 1/ More on what #UK doing for its personnel and #Afghans in #Kabul--haven't seen #JustinTrudeau chairing any emergency meeting about Canada's #Afghans--by @LOS_Fisher #Afghanistan #cdnfp #cdnpoli #CanadianForces #refugees
@AndrewScheidl @nytimes @LongWarJournal @TerryGlavin @billroggio @DaveLapanDC @laraseligman @LucasFoxNews @loupalu @ABlinken @jakejsullivan @BrigMahalingam @ThielsChristian @CanadaFP @JustinTrudeau @SallyArmstrong9 @US4AfghanPeace @HMcPhersonMP @calxandr @TheTyee @MarcGarneau @thomasjoscelyn @SecBlinken @TOLOnews @dmarusic @PDShinkman @CanadaNATO @JackDetsch @Charles_Lister @natsecwatson @DrIanHall @PaulSzoldra @FranticGoat @KyleWOrton @Cold_Peace_ @simongerman600 @CarlaBabbVOA @Ayei_Eloheichem @nahaltoosi @heatherbarr1 @EzzatMehrdad @HarjitSajjan @NationalDefence @EliLake @FredLitwin @RDiManno @JohnWrightLive @nkeung @CFOperations @LOS_Fisher 3/ Doesn't mean 20,000 people from within #Afghanistan--practically impossible to identify fast these favoured groups & logistically get them out. #Refugees the key word, will almost all be people already outside the country.
@AndrewScheidl @nytimes @LongWarJournal @TerryGlavin @billroggio @DaveLapanDC @laraseligman @LucasFoxNews @loupalu @ABlinken @jakejsullivan @BrigMahalingam @ThielsChristian @CanadaFP @JustinTrudeau @SallyArmstrong9 @US4AfghanPeace @HMcPhersonMP @calxandr @TheTyee @MarcGarneau @thomasjoscelyn @SecBlinken @TOLOnews @dmarusic @PDShinkman @CanadaNATO @JackDetsch @Charles_Lister @natsecwatson @DrIanHall @PaulSzoldra @FranticGoat @KyleWOrton @Cold_Peace_ @simongerman600 @CarlaBabbVOA @Ayei_Eloheichem @nahaltoosi @heatherbarr1 @EzzatMehrdad @HarjitSajjan @NationalDefence @EliLake @FredLitwin @RDiManno @JohnWrightLive @nkeung @CFOperations @LOS_Fisher 4/ Announcement is cynical #JustinTrudeau #elxn44 distraction ploy that will not help our #Afghans in #Kabul or rest of (#Taliban-controlled) #Afghanistan. Pity them, gov betting on favourable comparisons w/Syrians overwhelming concern for fate of those in the country #cdnpoli
THREAD: Robert Schellenberg's appeal was rejected & Michael Spavor was sentenced to 11 years in prison as part of China's political retaliation for the lawful arrest of Meng Wanzhou. @JMichaelCole1 argues these kinds of actions reveal the CCP's true nature macdonaldlaurier.ca/state-sponsore…
These actions from #China are emblematic of the kind of hostage diplomacy and arbitrary detentions that the CCP have engaged in against Canadians and others for many years. @SarahTTeich argues that Ottawa has not done nearly enough to bring victims home. macdonaldlaurier.ca/michael-spavor…
As a result of inaction, "China has become dangerously comfortable with the practice of detaining foreign nationals on fabricated charges, often referred to as hostage diplomacy. But there is nothing diplomatic about it," says @M_Johnston1. #cdnpoli macdonaldlaurier.ca/nothing-diplom…
Coming up, key highlights from todays’ federal budget as the government plans more than $101B in net new spending over the next three fiscal years (2021-2024), representing 4.2% of Canada’s GDP. #cdnpoli #cdnecon #budget2021
Budget 2021 and fiscal guardrails for new spending: “A comprehensive range of indicators show that the Canadian economy is still far from seeing a strong labour market with broadly shared benefits.” #cdnpoli #cdnecon #budget2021
Budget 2021: last year’s deficit now projected at $354.2B. For 2021-22: a projected $154.7B shortfall, but a warning that third-wave slowdowns could add $15B to deficit. #cdnpoli #cdnecon #budget2021
Breaking: New EKOS poll shows Canadians reject efforts to brand criticism and protest of Israel as antisemitic.
80% of Canadians say that accusing Israel of human rights abuses is NOT antisemitic.
Report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli
80% of Canadians say that accusing Israel of human rights abuses is NOT antisemitic.
Report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli
New EKOS poll: 76% of Canadians say that calling for a boycott of Israel because of alleged human rights abuses is NOT antisemitic.
Read the report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli #cdnfp
Read the report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli #cdnfp
New EKOS poll: 69% of Canadians say that comparing Israel’s policies to South African Apartheid is NOT antisemitic.
Read the report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli #cdnfp
Read the report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info cjpme.org/survey2020_r3 #cdnpoli #cdnfp
Breaking: 84% of Canadians support ICC investigation of Israeli officials!
New EKOS Poll shows Canadians reject double standards for Israel. Read the report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info
cjpme.org/survey2020_r2 #cdnpoli #cdnfp #ICC4Israel
New EKOS Poll shows Canadians reject double standards for Israel. Read the report by CJPME, @IndJewishVoices & @unjppi_info
cjpme.org/survey2020_r2 #cdnpoli #cdnfp #ICC4Israel
Breaking: 86% of Canadians disagree with the idea that Canada should overlook Israel’s human rights violations just because it is considered to be an ally.
New EKOS Poll shows Canadians reject double standards for Israel. Read the report: cjpme.org/survey2020_r2 #cdnpoli
New EKOS Poll shows Canadians reject double standards for Israel. Read the report: cjpme.org/survey2020_r2 #cdnpoli
Breaking: 82% of Canadians do not want Canada to recognize Jerusalem as exclusively Israel’s capital. (That includes 54% of @CPC_HQ supporters!)
New EKOS Poll shows Canadians reject double standards for Israel. Read the report:
cjpme.org/survey2020_r2 #cdnpoli
New EKOS Poll shows Canadians reject double standards for Israel. Read the report:
cjpme.org/survey2020_r2 #cdnpoli
NEW: What’s really behind the Khalistan movement? @CBCTerry finds that the project is nurtured by Pakistan, and that Pakistani-sponsored Khalistani extremism poses serious national security threats to both Canada and India. #cdnpoli #cdnfp
Read more: macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-releases-k…
Read more: macdonaldlaurier.ca/mli-releases-k…
“It’s clear who’s really driving the Khalistan bus: Pakistan,” explains @CBCTerry. In truth, “the Khalistan movement has been going nowhere in the Sikhs’ home state.” #cdnpoli #cdnfp
Read the full report here: macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/2020…
Read the full report here: macdonaldlaurier.ca/files/pdf/2020…
Minister Champagne repeatedly refuses to say why he thinks Canada lost. Keeps saying he wants the focus today to be on the men and women who carried out Canada's campaign. Says perhaps Ambassador to UN will fill in some of the analysis of why we lost. #cdnpoli #cdnfp
Canada's UN Ambassador says race is always competitive and tight, this year was no different. Cda up against other "great countries who have a lot to bring... this is the politics of the UN which are very tricky and complex. We will have plenty of time to analyze in the future"
I wonder what 2015 newly elected PMJT Liberal government would say about 2020 PMJT Liberal government's loss without so much as a single explanation for why this happened.
Foreign Affairs Minister @FP_Champagne giving a press conference now in New York on Canada's loss in the campaign for a Security Council seat at the UN. #cdnpoli #cdnfp
Canada spent over $2 Million on the Security Council campaign
Minister Champagne says outcome wasn't what was hoped for but Canada is proud of the campaign conducted. Congratulates Ireland and Norway. Champagne says campaign allowed reinvigoration of bilateral relations and foreign policy. "we convened, we listened and we learned."
#BREAKING Canada has lost it's bid for a UN Security Council seat. Norway takes 130 votes. Ireland takes 128 votes. Canada came in at 108 votes. Didn't need to go to subsequent rounds. #cdnpoli #cdnfp
This is a significant loss for Canada - the Trudeau government had put tremendous resources and time and effort into making this happen. Many Liberals criticized the Harper govt heavily when it lost as a reflection of Conservative foreign policy.
Canada was up against two very tough rivals when it comes to Ireland and Norway. Both had invested significant international aid resources particularly in Africa.
This week on @TheWestBlock Fin Min @Bill_Morneau joins us promising no new taxes despite #COVID19 spending. Will he commit to a fiscal update before Parliament rises? What about protection for Cdn companies that Chinese and Saudi state owned entities want to scoop up? #cdnpoli
Plus @David_Mulroney talks about #China. He says the "mask" is slipping and we are seeing what China is really about following the Chinese Ambassador's interview on @TheWestBlock last week where a clear link as made between the two detained Canadians and Ms. Wanzhou #cdnfp
And @PeterMacKay joins us to discuss the Conservative leadership race. What's his big idea for Canada? Why has his campaign stumbled so much? Does he still want that fall election he was talking abt? Does he think the #CPCLDR team should have kicked out @jimkarahalios #cdnpoli
China's moves to impose a "national security" law onto #HongKong are just the latest in a long series of attempts to erode the freedoms and undermine the democratic institutions of Hong Kong. Last year MLI hosted a delegation to discuss this. @nathanlawkc macdonaldlaurier.ca/videos-photos-…
As @nathanlawkc explained last year, the situation in #HongKong has been becoming increasingly dire, and as Hong Kong serves as the "front line" of democracy, Beijing's authoritarian moves against the territory have global implications. #cdnpoli #cdnfp
With some 300,000 Canadians living and working in #HongKong, and with China breaking its commitments under the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration (which Canada supported), Martin Lee told @cburton001 that Canada has a moral obligation to speak up. macdonaldlaurier.ca/ep-30-hong-kon…
Today on @TheWestBlock Minister @melaniejoly joins on an independent inquiry into the RCMP response on Nova Scotia, stopping illegal guns coming across the border, and whether they are looking changing the criminal code to specifically deal with intimate partner violence #cdnpoli
We'll also ask when we can expect to see federal guidelines about reopening the economy, and whether there's money coming for tourism. Plus will Canadians be allowed to vacation in national parks this summer with some provinces planning to reopen provincial parks?
We'll also sit down with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe @PremierScottMoe to take a look at that province's plan to reopen the economy which kicks in on May 4th. How will the phased approach work and is he concerned about too much too fast?
#Breaking Senior Canadian source says Iran has taken responsibility for shooting down #PS752, Iranians are describing it as unintentional. NYT and CNN reporting the same and a statement #cdnfp #cdnnatsec #cdnpoli
Iranian state media seem to be first to have the admission.
h/t @rolandparis here is the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Statement @JZarif that was tweeted about 35 minutes ago #PS752
#Breaking Canadians troops are on the base that was targetted by Iranian missiles in Erbil. No reports of Canadian casualties at this time. Article coming shortly from @jamesaa and me #cdnpoli #cdnfp
NATO has temporarily suspended training mission in Iraq. Senior military official described it to me as more of a temporary pause out of due diligence to asses the Iraqi reaction. No sense, as of right now, that this is leading up to pulling troops #Cdnfp #Soleimani #cdnpoli #CAF
I am told by a senior source that Operation Impact (which includes the special forces mission) has not paused, only NATO. #cdnpoli #CAF #Soleimani #cdnfp #NATO
So that means a number of Canadian troops are still active in Iraq (Op Impact: train, advise, assist) #cdnpoli #cdnfp #CAF #Soleimani
A reminder in light of yesterday’s events in Iraq that Canada is in command of the NATO mission in Iraq (HQ in Baghdad). Canadian Major General Jennie Carignan is in charge of NATO Mission Iraq. Up to 850 Canadian troops are approved to be part of Op Impact #CAF #cdnfp
Major General Dany Fortin recently returned from command of NATO Mission Iraq and sat down with @TheWestBlock. I asked him about Iran’s influence. Interview here: #CAF #cdnpoli #cdnfp
@TheWestBlock OK, it's 1415 ET so time to update this thread a bit with what we know and what we don't know. Canada has authorized up to 850 troops for the Iraq mission - but typically we are far under that cap as @mfisheroverseas points out. #CAF #cdnpoli #cdnfp
#Breaking Prime Minister Trudeau admits he was discussing President Trump last night when he referred to "the impromptu press conference" that was caught on camera. Trudeau says surprise he referred to was that next G7 will be at Camp David #cdnpoli #CdnFP #NATO
Exclusive coming on @GlobalNational: The US is escalating pressure on the Cdn govt to spend more on the military. We have the details on the unusual and blunt letter sent to Ottawa & US concerns that Canada can't defend the arctic as Russia & China amp up their presence #cdnpoli
@GlobalNational Here is the print version @kerribreen and I have been working on. The TV versions will be on your local and national Global newscasts tonight. globalnews.ca/news/6210623/c… #cdnpoli #cdnfp
@GlobalNational @kerribreen VERY tight timeline for this story cause I was flying in from Halifax. Thank you @kerribreen a superstar, editor extraordinaire Diana Hagermeyer, @frank_boldt who got me up live, @global_bassett, @Robin_Global who trusts me even when she doesn't see a script yet & all GN folks.
Today on @TheWestBlock: Senator Jim Risch, the Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Affairs Committee joins us to talk about being in the Oval Office with @POTUS when Turkish President Erdogan when he showed the now notorious video and his message to the Turkish govt #cdnpoli
In a rare interview US Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Senator talks about the impeachment hearings and the case of alleged RCMP spy Cam Ortis
Also on the show: Emily Lau, a high profile face of the Hong Kong protesters has advice for @JustinTrudeau on China and @HarjitSajjan talks about NATO defence spending and the pressure from the US to do more #cdnpoli #cdnfp
Dominic LeBlanc rising to significant applause. He has been very ill fighting cancer. He did not walk up the driveway, wore a mask till just a few moments ago and has lost his hair. He is now receiving a standing ovation. He is now President of the Queen's Privy Council #cdnpoli
Bill Morenau remains Minister of Finance #cdnpoli
Marc Garneau remains Minister of Transport #cdnpoli
Looking forward to a packed show on @TheWestBlock today! Turkey’s ambassador to Canada joins us to talk about Trump’s visit, what’s happening in Syria and whether Turkey should remain in NATO after buying Russian military equipment #cdnfp #cdnpoli
BQ leader Yves-François Blanchet is on the show on whether he is now Justin Trudeau’s primary ally in Parliament, whether Alberta should separate and criticism from Jason Kenney #cdnpoli #abpoli
And NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will sit down with to talk about how the NDP will still try to push for pharmacare and other NDP priorities despite fourth party status #cdnpoli
Should Canada ban #Huawei from 5G? @brianleecrowley makes the case that “both Huawei’s behaviour and that of its Chinese Communist Party overlords is such that Canada should follow the US, Australia and New Zealand and forbid Huawei’s involvement in 5G.” macdonaldlaurier.ca/canada-ban-hua…
This debate over #Huawei’s involvement in 5G was recently highlighted as part of the @TorontoStar’s ‘The Big Debate’ series. Writing for the other side of the debate was @Stockwell_Day. #cdnpoli #cdnnatsec #cdnfp #cdnecon thestar.com/opinion/contri…
This has attracted the attention of Huawei employees, who are encouraging others (including potentially thousands of fellow employees) on China’s preferred social media platform, WeChat, to vote for the ‘no’ side of the debate. #cdnpoli #cdnfp @binghuiyin
On @CBCNews to comment on the ongoing spat between #China and #Canada, CIC President @benrowswell explained that there are two ways of looking at power in the international system. There is the power to force, and there is the power to convince. cbc.ca/player/play/14… #cdnpoli
"#China is experimenting with the former right now, to see how it can throw its weight around. But it's actually frittering away the other kind of power. It's making it more difficult for other countries to follow China's lead." @benrowswell on @CBCNews #cdnnatsec #Huawei
"#Canada is symbolic of something in the international system. We're a country that's respected and admired, so when a country decides to be a bully and when they pick on Canada they have really picked on the wrong country.", @benrowswell @CBCNews cbc.ca/player/play/14… #cdnfp
