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Canada expects foreign meddling in October election: foreign minister
Reuters ^ | April 5, 2019 7:30 AM | John Irish

Posted on 04/08/2019 5:32:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Canada’s foreign minister said on Friday it was likely that foreign actors would meddle in her country’s October elections and her British counterpart said a deterrent to stop countries like Russia from interfering was critical.

U.S. intelligence officials and the governments of some European Union countries have accused Russia of interfering in their elections in recent years, allegations strongly denied by Moscow.

When asked whether she was worried Russia would interfere in the election, Chrystia Freeland said she was “very concerned”.

“Our judgment is that interference is very likely and we think there have probably already been efforts by malign foreign actors to disrupt our democracy,” she said, speaking at a media freedom event on the sidelines of a G7 foreign ministers meeting in France.

Freeland said such attempts were not aimed at securing a particular outcome in a national elections, but to polarize Western societies. …

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TOPICS: Canada; Politics/Elections; Russia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: china; collusion; eussr; freeland; fud; liberalagenda; mcga; obamalegacy; redchina; russiarussiarussia; trudeau
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They all talk like Obama’s minions in the US. All leftists play the same card.
1 posted on 04/08/2019 5:32:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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I think it interesting how, on one hand, liberals complain about foreign interference in our elections, but OTOH, want to allow foreigners to vote in our elections.

Liberalism is a mental disease...

2 posted on 04/08/2019 5:37:17 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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"Freeland said such attempts were not aimed at securing a particular outcome in a national elections, but to polarize Western societies. …"

Because any "common sense" Westerner would not object to the destruction of their culture and lifestyle for world peace and to heal mother earth.

3 posted on 04/08/2019 5:37:47 AM PDT by SecondAmendment (This just proves my latest theory ... LIBERALS RUIN EVERYTHING!)
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To: Olog-hai

If Tucker Carlson opens his show with “Justin Trudeau is a weenie” Canadians will regard that as “foreign interference”.


4 posted on 04/08/2019 5:40:14 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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All leftists play the same card.

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They stick to their talking points. Republicans have no script at all.


5 posted on 04/08/2019 5:41:17 AM PDT by Starboard
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I did say “all leftists”; I did not use party names. RINOs are included.


6 posted on 04/08/2019 5:43:23 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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When asked, the Russians said: "Canada.....Canada.... Oh Yeah! Polite folks. Elected a real weiner last time.... Nah, why bother?"
7 posted on 04/08/2019 5:44:45 AM PDT by wbill
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The "meddling" everybody is murmuring about is FAKE NEWS on FAKE BOOK.

Tell voters to grow up and get their news from adult sources.

8 posted on 04/08/2019 5:46:27 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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I did not use party names. RINOs are included.

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Yes, but the contrast was so obvious I coulnd’t resist inserting the jab about the directionless GOP. :)


9 posted on 04/08/2019 5:46:45 AM PDT by Starboard
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One thing I noticed is that this Freeland is always tight-lipped in photos and never shows her teeth when attempting to smile (and grimacing instead). Does she have severe dental problems?

She also looks ten years older than she actually is.


10 posted on 04/08/2019 5:48:53 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Goldstein!!!


11 posted on 04/08/2019 5:49:01 AM PDT by Justa
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They aren’t directionless. They absolutely intend to go the same direction as their Democratic Uniparty counterparts.


12 posted on 04/08/2019 5:49:47 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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Polite folks. Elected a real weiner last time....

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I think you’ve hit on a very interesting point that conservative voters need to take to heart (i.e., Polite folks don’t get the results they want). We need to stop being polite; demand accountablilty and vote on the basis of RESULTS instead of empty promises and rhetoric.

No more Mr. Nice Guy. Produce or you’re out.


13 posted on 04/08/2019 5:52:41 AM PDT by Starboard
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Trudeau Liberals are already trying to make up excuses to explain their impending defeat ...

... everything, that is, except the truth - “we’re incompetent, corrupt idiots”


14 posted on 04/08/2019 6:00:33 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
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Chinese operatives every last one of those Canadian lefties, hang em.


15 posted on 04/08/2019 6:03:19 AM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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Now that’s the foreign meddling they’ll never bring up.


16 posted on 04/08/2019 6:04:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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They absolutely intend to go the same direction as their Democratic Uniparty counterparts.

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I don’t think they intend to do much of anything. They are simply weak, unprincipled and lacking in convictions. Listen carefully to them. They are empty suits who spout platitudes and actually equate talk with action.

They are there for themselves and are quite happy to drift along with the current of compromise and appeasement. Its the easy path for those with no backbone.

Alas, we elect and re-elect these clowns. And they are happy to lie to us to stay there in their cushy part time jobs. In short order they evolve into corrupt Swamp creatures.


17 posted on 04/08/2019 6:05:14 AM PDT by Starboard
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What the game is, is that they KNOW that Turd-owe is heading for a drubbing at the polls in October, so they’re seeking an excuse and wish to create sirt on the Conservatives. And oh, BTW, they’ll blame the US, more specifically, that dastardly ‘Drumpf’ because the Lieberals hate him easily as much as the Dhimmis in the US do. In Canadian politics, Lieberals ALWAYS run to the ‘big, bad American bogeyman’ to gain sympathy. Don’t forget that Freeland is a commie through and through, just like her mental midget mentor, Justine. Her alma matters are Harvard and Oxford, under a Rhodes Scholarship.


18 posted on 04/08/2019 6:06:42 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: Starboard

amen


19 posted on 04/08/2019 6:09:06 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Honduras must be invaded to protect America from invasion)
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They are collaborators and have proven this over and over. Especially when they open their mouths to oppose Trump in particular. People like the late McCain (and former cohort Flake) were proof positive and the most vocal; the rest fake it and/or keep silent in order to keep getting re-elected. (Those openly aligned with the Bushes are also vocally left wing.)

This trend of the GOP is well over a half-century old. It was written about in several books from the late 50s, including Goldwater’s book.


20 posted on 04/08/2019 6:09:33 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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