Investigative journalist and author of Willful Blindness Sam Cooper has again gone public discussing a Chinese research paper that analyzes Beijing’s impact on Canadian elections. This time, Cooper — a Chinese foreign interference expert — focuses on two names, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Liberal Trade Minister Mary Ng.As the Western Standard earlier reported, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political science research paper details Beijing agents’ “satisfactory” interference in Canada’s 2019 federal election, claiming the CCP had influenced a staggering 41 candidates. Of those, there was a 20% “success rate,” with eight of them elected to parliament, said the paper. .CCP says it interfered with 41 candidates in Canadian 2019 election — claims 20% success rate. Cooper appeared in a clip of the Brave New Normal podcast, released Tuesday morning, with the full episode available Wednesday. “The key here is that this paper explains China is pretty pleased with the way it's leveraging community networks,” said Cooper, adding one of these networks is associated with BC Premier David Eby. “These associations reach out and educate Chinese Canadian voters on how to vote” chiefly by spreading propaganda on the Beijing-controlled media app WeChat..The CCP document “explains everything that I reported, and that the Justin Trudeau administration has tried to deny — that is Beijing picks its favorites, it supports them and it's happy with its increased number of candidates it's endorsing since 2015.”“It's advancing, but it wants to go further," said Cooper.On whether the CCP paper names names, Cooper was willing to name two: Trudeau and Ng. “It says that Justin Trudeau campaigned in a key Markham-area riding that is in a supermarket that my information would suggest is related to a Chinese organized crime proxy that's very supportive of Justin Trudeau’s party.”“We'll leave it at that.”.WATCH: How investigation into Beijing interference threatened Sam Cooper’s life.The quote from the document, according to Cooper, says “Trudeau Jr. went to this riding demonstrating he understands how important votes of the Chinese Canadian community were in this election.”Ng was also named in the document. “They were happy that Justin Trudeau appointed Mary Ng to his cabinet,” said Cooper. “And Mary Ng is a candidate from a very important Markham riding.”.WATCH: Cooper's Investigation in the 'Foreign Interference'
Investigative journalist and author of Willful Blindness Sam Cooper has again gone public discussing a Chinese research paper that analyzes Beijing’s impact on Canadian elections. This time, Cooper — a Chinese foreign interference expert — focuses on two names, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Liberal Trade Minister Mary Ng.As the Western Standard earlier reported, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political science research paper details Beijing agents’ “satisfactory” interference in Canada’s 2019 federal election, claiming the CCP had influenced a staggering 41 candidates. Of those, there was a 20% “success rate,” with eight of them elected to parliament, said the paper. .CCP says it interfered with 41 candidates in Canadian 2019 election — claims 20% success rate. Cooper appeared in a clip of the Brave New Normal podcast, released Tuesday morning, with the full episode available Wednesday. “The key here is that this paper explains China is pretty pleased with the way it's leveraging community networks,” said Cooper, adding one of these networks is associated with BC Premier David Eby. “These associations reach out and educate Chinese Canadian voters on how to vote” chiefly by spreading propaganda on the Beijing-controlled media app WeChat..The CCP document “explains everything that I reported, and that the Justin Trudeau administration has tried to deny — that is Beijing picks its favorites, it supports them and it's happy with its increased number of candidates it's endorsing since 2015.”“It's advancing, but it wants to go further," said Cooper.On whether the CCP paper names names, Cooper was willing to name two: Trudeau and Ng. “It says that Justin Trudeau campaigned in a key Markham-area riding that is in a supermarket that my information would suggest is related to a Chinese organized crime proxy that's very supportive of Justin Trudeau’s party.”“We'll leave it at that.”.WATCH: How investigation into Beijing interference threatened Sam Cooper’s life.The quote from the document, according to Cooper, says “Trudeau Jr. went to this riding demonstrating he understands how important votes of the Chinese Canadian community were in this election.”Ng was also named in the document. “They were happy that Justin Trudeau appointed Mary Ng to his cabinet,” said Cooper. “And Mary Ng is a candidate from a very important Markham riding.”.WATCH: Cooper's Investigation in the 'Foreign Interference'
