BREAKING: Mark Carney Admits China “Guardrails” Don't Exist, Liberal Narrative Self Destructs

In April, the prime minister in response

to a question in the election debate

about what is the greatest security

threat facing Canada, his answer was

China. What guard rails are you is your

government going to put in place to help

navigate this relationship?

>> So, part of the agreements that we

signed uh on the ground in China uh was

uh law enforcement, collaboration,

cooperation with each other.

>> Well, ladies and gentlemen, we've

learned what the guard rails are. Are

you ready?

Every time concerns about China's

foreign interference come up, Mark

Carney and his ministers seem to give

the same answer. we have law enforcement

cooperation and safeguards in place.

Well, we were getting suspicious of that

answer and as it turns out, so were the

conservatives. So, they asked for

clarification as to what that actually

meant.

You will not believe what Mark Carney's

answer was.

Or maybe you will.

Let's take a look.

My question with respect was about the

guardrails that your government is

planning to put in place. I I know our

audience and you will be familiar with

the fact that in April the prime

minister in response to a question in

the election debate about what is the

greatest security threat facing Canada

his answer was China. So the the

question around guardrails pertains to

that like what guard rails are you is

your government going to put in place to

help navigate this relationship so that

we do not suffer as a result of you know

more trade with China.

>> So part of the agreements that we signed

uh on the ground in China uh was uh law

enforcement collaboration cooperation

with each other uh to keep our community

safe. And so I think that's very

important for those uh watching uh so

they understand you know what what we're

doing there. Um you know we're we're

making sure there's partnerships on

energy, on agriculture, on consumer

goods, but also of course uh public

safety and law enforcement is very very

important. We want to make sure that our

our citizens that safety is never

compromised. And so uh you know going in

with eyes wide open as you said is very

important to our government. But you

know as the prime minister said in Davos

uh we need to see the world for what it

is not what what we wish it to be. And

so we need to approach it very

pragmatically and constructively and

that's exactly what our government is

doing.

>> But again with respect minister I'll

I'll reference comments made you know by

the Liberal Party by the government at

the time when you introduced the

Indopacific strategy whose you know

primary aim was to develop a strategy to

counter the the increasing power of

China. China's rise as a global actor

Melanie Jolie said at the time is

reshaping the strategic outlook of every

state in the region. It seeks to shape

the global environment into one that is

more permissive to interests and values

that increasingly depart from ours. The

China of 1970, she said, is not the

China of today. China is an increasingly

disruptive global power. Are you telling

me that more cooperation between law

enforcement agencies is going to counter

that or protect Canadians from the

impact of that?

Well, those conversations are very

important to keep our community safe and

so dialogue is very important between

two countries to make sure that public

safety is paramount. But at the same

time, it's about economic opportunities.

As you know, a year ago, uh the

situation was very different. Uh you

know, US being our largest trading

partner, we promised Canadians that we

diversify our trading partners. We

promised Canadians that we continue to

unlock opportunities for our industries.

Our industries are asking for us to do

this and that's exactly why we we made

sure that we made progress on our

relationship with China on the economic

front. But you look at what we're doing

on the cultural front as well. Uh China

agreed to lift visas for Canadians that

are traveling there. Uh China agreed to

encourage more group travel to Canada

which supports millions of dollars in

tourism for small and midsize operators

here in Canada. And so we're making sure

that we're creating opportunities. Uh

but it all comes down to affordability

here at the uh cabinet planning forum.

We're talking about affordability. We're

talking about building Canada strong.

We're talking about our sovereignty. Uh

because this is what's important. This

is what we hear from Canadians. They

want jobs. They want to be able to

produce worldclass products. The world

wants what Canada has. And that's why

we're out there pitching for it. Okay.

So, this is not a new video and you're

not watching a repeat episode of

Northern Perspective. We wanted to go

back to this video because what Minder

Sidu said there was very very important

in response to the question by Vashy on

the guard rails when it comes to foreign

interference when it comes to

transnational repression when it comes

to interfering in our elections and the

diaspora community and all of the other

ways that China loves to meddle within

Canadian society. The response from

Minister Sidu was well we have we have

law enforcement cooperation and

collaboration

and he even says

public safety is paramount. And then he

goes on to say but

remember the old uh saying about the

word but everything before the word but

doesn't matter but we also have to look

at the dollar signs everybody.

So this was very very important that he

said this and at the time we'd made some

commentary of well wait a minute what

how does this make any sense at all

because

China the state which includes their law

enforcement is actually actively trying

to interfere within our democracy our

society and everything in between. So,

how can you say, "Well, don't worry.

We're going to fix that by collaborating

with the state and collaborate with law

enforcement."

Well, the simple answer is is that you

cannot. Now, it wasn't just Sidu that

was talking about this collaboration

just to alleviate any possibility that

oh, maybe he misunderstood Mark Carney.

Here's Mark Carney saying this while in

China.

The fourth pillar of our new strategic

partnership is public safety and

security. And this is an area where

pragmatic and constructive engagement

with China is crucial. Through this

pillar, our law enforcement agencies

will increase cooperation to better

combat narcotics trafficking,

transnational crime, cyber crime,

synthetic drugs, and money laundering.

and we will create safer communities for

people in both our countries.

And finally, people have always been at

the core of this relationship. As I

said, Canada's home to a Chinese

diaspora of 2 million. Over 300,000

Chinese visitors came to Canada in 2024.

China is Canada's second largest source

of tourism.

So the fifth pillar of this partnership

will build on opportunities for cultural

exchanges and partnerships that further

deepen our people-to-people ties. That

means museums, digital content creators,

visual artists, and other creative

professionals in our respective

countries will have new opportunities to

collaborate.

>> So law enforcement is going to make our

community safer on both sides.

So this was not Minder Sidu

mistaking thing.