A few days ago, Britain's Spectator magazine did a tremendous job of summing up all the intrigue, machinations, politics, and noise surrounding Chinese ...
The adulation was never enough, and it was never unanimous. In his arrogance, he almost certainly thought he and his party were not only best to handle it, but that they could learn little from anyone else’s input. But the more obvious explanation from his past actions is that he didn’t think Canadians needed to know. But Trudeau’s reaction was to keep silent and keep Canadians in the dark. When it comes to China, we see the same ingrained paternalism. [couldn’t be trusted](https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/emails-trudeau-6000-a-night-london-suite) with knowing which member of the Canadian delegation attending the funeral for Queen Elizabeth last September stayed in a $6,000-a-night room with a private butler. When she was called out on this she first said no one told her it was unethical to give contracts to a friend, and secondly, the friend was well qualified to do the job. The implication being that the vacation was all above board, he’d just failed to clear it in advance. In March 2016, five months after first being elected prime minister, Trudeau and his family flew to the Aga Khan’s private holiday home on Bells Cay in the Bahamas, one of several vacations. Because why would you need to trust Canadians when you can trust yourself to govern your actions? “(Justin) Trudeau did not trust Canadians to know that the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) may have forked out $1 million in an effort to gain his affection; that Canadian security officials believe a serving MP is a tool of Beijing; or that Canadian voters of Chinese descent feel intimidated by the CCP in their own country; or that visiting Chinese students were allegedly told by the Chinese embassy to go out and campaign for his party or be sent home for punishment. Article content