Right wing pundits will not go there - Foreign Interference under the Stephen Harper Conservative Party in Canada.

So let's go there. Stephen Harper - during his 9 years in power - received Foreign Interference reports yearly - 2006 - 2015. During this time /1
Harper ignored all reports by CSIS, there was no inquiry, there was no investigation, in fact this happened:

/2
According to Byrne, who still blames the current government for past problems that they the CPC did nothing about:



/3
In fact, Harper instead gave China a 31 year trade deal - FIPA that helps China more than it helps Canada. The worst things about this deal - it was signed in Russia - Harper cozied up to the Chinese govt and gave China full access to Canadian investments which threatens /4
Try doing a search online for foreign election interference under Stephen Harper - 2006 - 2015. I can't find anything online. So tell me why it was never important then, but it is important now? The same issues that happen in each govt are never a problem, until it happens /6
in the Liberal government. It is all about perception of wrong doing. But, the current government has been working on making changes and adding policies, security measures, that the previous government did not do. Why isn't this being reported? See next tweet.

/7
The following were brought forward in the House of Commons re Foreign Election Interference - they were all voted against by the Conservative Government:

**NSICOP (2018)
**NSIRA (2019)
**RRM Canada (2019)
**Bill C76 (2018)

Votes here: ourcommons.ca/members/en/vot…

/8
Full list of measures, policies and protocols put in place under the current government: /9
"Every government [was] informed at one point or another. Every government chose to ignore CSIS warnings either by negligence, self-interest or partisanship." /10

cbc.ca/news/politics/…
Former parliamentary correspondent, Mark Bourrie, recounts his *first hand* experience of foreign interference and Harper's neglect to do anything about it. #cdnpoli /11

Creation of NSICOP Bill C-22 - 2017 /12 - An Act to establish the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.

Conservatives voted no to create this for Canada's National Security:

ourcommons.ca/Members/en/vot…
Creation of NSIRA Bill C-59 - 2019 / 13 - An Act respecting national security matters.

Conservatives voted no to create this for Canada's National Security:

ourcommons.ca/Members/en/vot…
Bill C-76 as noted above in tweet thread is for Canada's G7 Rapid Response Mechanism - The G7 Rapid Response Mechanism (G7 RRM) strengthens G7 coordination to identify and respond to foreign threats to democracies. /14

international.gc.ca/transparency-t…
Why did Harper sign a Customs agreement with China in his last year in power? /15

/16 CSIS Director Richard Fadden on his accusations of political influence by foreign governments in Canadian politics in 2010.

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