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Marc, your job isn’t to promote the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, in China or in Canada.
CCP suppression of our creative industries include:
- Preemptive script cleansing from criticism of CCP leaders, or portrayals of Taiwan, Tibet and Hong Kong;
- Visual retrofitting (think Japanese and Taiwanese flag patches from Top Gun);
- Active narrative shaping, like flattering portrayals of CCP officials.
And for Canadians, alarmingly:
- CSIS has warned you that weaponization of local content outlets import, verbatim, CCP propaganda from China News Service;
- apps like WeChat operate under algorithmic suppression mandated by…Beijing’s Cyberspace Administration. The indispensable work of local content creators and independent journalists are censored;
- your Liberal government appears to be expanding operations with the China Media Group, validating their state propaganda apparatus and threatening our own independence and our sovereignty.
I’d be afraid of you were competent. But you’re not. You’re the poster child for Liberal incompetence and you’re playing with fire at the expense of our national security and our national interests.
Just concluded a productive trip to China.
As Canada focuses on diversifying trade and building new partnerships, our creative industries and cultural organizations have the talent, expertise, and creativity needed to seize opportunities on the world stage.