Thread by @quito_maggi

I’ve been asked by a few people why I believe the latest allegation story from Global is “unravelling” today

First, there’s the G&M story from today which confirms the CSIS sources did NOT provide media with audio or transcripts

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That’s important because the story also says PMO was provided with the transcript & concluded “no action was necessary”

So one of two things is possible,

1) PMO read the transcript and it confirmed the allegation cited in the Global story

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Or 2) The transcript does not confirm the allegation

I see many people suggesting #1 is true after reading the story.

I can’t imagine a situation where any Government would do that.

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It appears that this may be a simple translation of mandarin…to be clear it the word “immediate” & “delay” that sound similar, not immediately

If so, much more likely #2 is the case, and why G&M wasn’t provided the transcript

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https://twitter.com/stphnmaher/status/1639121246456782849

According to people I’ve spoken to in recent days, this is a simple tale of revenge

“Intelligence assets with ties to the pro-convoy, anti-mandate movements”providing information to media with an axe to grind

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Some things I’m unable to confirm, so I won’t elaborate

One aspect is easy enough to confirm however

It starts back in 2015, in August of that year, then Minister Michael Chan sued the G&M and authors of similar allegations made against him

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cbc.ca/news/canada/to…

That suit, for over $4 million dollars was concluded in 2018 according to records

A second lawsuit was filed in September of 2016 for another $1.5 million

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Here’s where it gets interesting…

Not long after the second suit was filed, the author of those stories was shuffled from Foreign Affairs to the Arts beat at the G&M…totally normal to see that kind of career shift

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And yes dear #cdnpoli follower, you guessed it, that same author is now an Editor at Global

Why what my source calls “a big bag of bullsh*t” was published recently is likely a tale of revenge with Han Dong as collateral damage

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Since this thread has gotten some attention, I should add, “alleged”

I’m an amateur who’s done a lot of oppo research in my day, but surely pros will do a better job of getting to the truth in the days ahead

Good evening 📜

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I’ll add one last thing here because I’m seeing the comments about my partisan take.

I’m not denying the existence of a Chinese global interference network as has been reported across the world.

An investigation is needed, one with due process, that’s all