thePodcast: Of foreign interference and FIFA

February 02, 2025 00:41:28
thePodcast: Of foreign interference and FIFA
theBreaker.news Podcast
thePodcast: Of foreign interference and FIFA

Feb 02 2025 | 00:41:28

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Show Notes

For the week of Feb. 2, 2025: The Hogue Commission’s final report confirmed but downplayed China’s interference in Canadian elections. It also found no traitors in Parliament. One of the people who testified at the foreign interference commission’s public hearings was Kenny Chiu, the Conservative MP in Steveston-Richmond East from 2019 until 2021, when he was the victim of a Chinese social media disinformation campaign. He is Bob Mackin’s guest on this edition.  Also on this edition,  an update on the Friends of Memorial South Park. Their grassroots campaign forced Vancouver civic officials to move the planned FIFA World Cup […]

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