The Justin and His Cuban, Chinese Cohorts

As posted earlier, the comparisons between "The Justin" and his Father, Pierre ("P.E.T.") are becoming more and more apparent.  Not only has The Justin played out like his Father before him acknowledging the death and honouring the life of a communist dictator, whom which he has met, 

The Justin also blatantly has held court with wealthy Chinese "businessmen" (they are called "billionaires" in the media).  Whether Chinese or Chinese-Canadian, lacking specific residency evidence, my hunch is that a good part of this group spends most of its time outside of Canada; yet has the ear of Canada's leadership and how policy and laws are conducted in this country....for Canadians.  

May I remind readers, and never are these connections made by our robotic and mundane news networks, the timing of when these cash-for-access meetings were held immediately preceded an announcement by a Chinese insurance company Anbang (as referred to by the Globe & Mail, "A massive Chinese insurance company with a murky ownership structure") purchasing a significant stake in a British Columbia senior care provider (“Retirement Concepts”), resulting in an important role in the delivery of health care in B.C.  In this country where health care is deemed to be sacred and any outside, non-governmental or foreign providers are vehemently frowned upon, I will write this again.  A Chinese insurance company has purchased a significant stake in a British Columbia senior care provider, resulting in an important role in the delivery of health care in B.C.

Due to the size of this +$1.0B investment, this is deemed to be a “foreign takeover” and as such is currently under scrutiny by the federal government’s Investment Review Division (all transactions greater than the $600-million threshold need to be considered in light of a “net benefit” test to Canada).  The decision will be up to Innovation Minister Navdeep “what does an Innovation Minister do?” Bains.  Minister Bains, who unlike other members of The Justin’s cabinet, is actually and officially Canadian…that’s right Maryam Monsef. 

Another connection the media at large have failed to outline, this Anbang purchase of Retirement Concepts comes at a time when British Columbia Premier Christy Clark is seeking both hard and soft trade-offs with regards to the recent Trans Mountain pipeline announcement by her fellow Liberal, The Justin. Hmmmmm…….