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This situation follows an article I read, that yet again, Canada is being told by the U.S State Department that intelligence sharing with Canada will decrease, or even stop in some cases, if Canada chooses Huawei. Of all the Five Eye nations, Canada has yet to deny Huawei access. The U.K changed their original decision and is now blocking them also.
This guy is married to a woman who clearly has a conflict of interest, on top of his own. China has really been owning Canada and it isn't going to improve if we don't give a damn. I wouldn't be surprised if they are waiting until after the U.S election, fully believing that Biden will allow Huawei into the U.S and Canada would then follow suit and hand our countries most sensitive information over to the Communists.
Canada’s new ambassador to China was already facing questions for his business ties. His marriage is raising more
VANCOUVER—Canada’s new ambassador to China recently married the head of Asia Pacific operations for BlackRock, the world’s largest asset-management firm, raising concerns among former ambassadors and a democracy watchdog that Dominic Barton will encounter conflicts between his personal interests and public role.
The ambassador’s Sept. 4 appointment immediately drew questions from political commentators, who asked whether Barton — a veteran business leader whose posts included a seat on the advisory board for the state-run China Development Bank — is too connected to big corporations working in Asia to represent the full range of Canada’s interests. Others saw his business bona fides as strengths.
Barton married Geraldine Buckingham on Jan. 12, 2019 in Florida, according to public records in that state. Buckingham holds Australian citizenship and is qualified as a doctor in that country. As head of BlackRock’s Asia-Pacific operations, she is a key driver of the firm’s China investment strategy.
Chinese officials work aggressively to make foreign diplomats see things their way, said Jorge Guajardo, who served as Mexico’s ambassador in China from 2007 to 2013. He said Beijing could use the marriage as a point of leverage.
This guy is married to a woman who clearly has a conflict of interest, on top of his own. China has really been owning Canada and it isn't going to improve if we don't give a damn. I wouldn't be surprised if they are waiting until after the U.S election, fully believing that Biden will allow Huawei into the U.S and Canada would then follow suit and hand our countries most sensitive information over to the Communists.
Canada’s new ambassador to China was already facing questions for his business ties. His marriage is raising more
VANCOUVER—Canada’s new ambassador to China recently married the head of Asia Pacific operations for BlackRock, the world’s largest asset-management firm, raising concerns among former ambassadors and a democracy watchdog that Dominic Barton will encounter conflicts between his personal interests and public role.
The ambassador’s Sept. 4 appointment immediately drew questions from political commentators, who asked whether Barton — a veteran business leader whose posts included a seat on the advisory board for the state-run China Development Bank — is too connected to big corporations working in Asia to represent the full range of Canada’s interests. Others saw his business bona fides as strengths.
Barton married Geraldine Buckingham on Jan. 12, 2019 in Florida, according to public records in that state. Buckingham holds Australian citizenship and is qualified as a doctor in that country. As head of BlackRock’s Asia-Pacific operations, she is a key driver of the firm’s China investment strategy.
Chinese officials work aggressively to make foreign diplomats see things their way, said Jorge Guajardo, who served as Mexico’s ambassador in China from 2007 to 2013. He said Beijing could use the marriage as a point of leverage.
