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学者们对选举干预调查中针对加拿大华裔的“有毒”讨论表示担忧
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加拿大华裔政客公开否认他们是中国政府代理人的指控
司徒温斯顿 · CBC 新闻 · 2023 年 3 月 21 日
一面带有五颗黄星的红旗在建筑物的屋顶上飘扬。
中华人民共和国驻多伦多总领事馆。 周二，在对中国政府涉嫌干预选举的调查中，学者们发表了一封公开信，其中包括关于遏制针对华裔的种族主义强烈反对的可能行动的建议。 （三井埃文/CBC）
加拿大各地的一群学者写了一封公开信，表达了对外国干预加拿大选举的调查可能引发针对华裔的“有毒”讨论的担忧。
九名签署者是维多利亚大学加中关系讨论论坛的顾问，他们认为，特别报告员戴维·约翰斯顿领导的针对中国政府涉嫌干涉的调查可能“进一步对加拿大华人进行不分青红皂白和未经证实的忠诚、颠覆或叛国指控” 。
周二写给约翰斯顿的信中写道：“我们对政府宣布的旨在帮助打击外国干涉的举措深感担忧，这些举措可能会造成比解决的问题更多的问题。”
“对太多人来说，‘外国干涉’只是‘中国人’的代号，带有所有种族主义色彩。”
针对加拿大华裔政客的指控
几位加拿大华裔政客公开否认他们是中国政府代理人的指控。
此前，《环球新闻》和《环球邮报》援引了加拿大安全情报局 (CSIS) 泄露的信息，声称北京干预了 2019 年和 2021 年联邦选举，以及去年 10 月温哥华市选举。
特鲁多任命前总督大卫约翰斯顿调查干预选举的指控
多伦多当谷北选区的自由党议员韩东周二表示，《环球新闻》上个月发表报道后，他收到了死亡威胁，其中匿名消息人士称他是与中国外国干涉网络有联系的自由党候选人之一。
“这是未经证实的匿名指控，”董说。
一名身着蓝色夹克、系着红丝带的男子在麦克风前讲话。上周，温哥华市长肯·辛 (Ken Sim) 谴责了他所说的“影射”他因温哥华中国领事馆的干扰而赢得市长选举的行为。 （贾斯汀·布林/CBC）
上周，温哥华市长沉肯谴责了他所说的“暗示”他因中国驻温哥华领事馆的干扰而赢得市长选举的说法。
“我只想说：如果我是一名白人男性，我们就不会进行这样的对话，”温哥华第一位华裔市长西姆说。
教授：指控可能“毫无根据”
这封公开信指出了战时拘留日裔加拿大人的历史，以反驳其所说的针对华裔加拿大政客的“毫无根据”的指控。
“第二次世界大战期间，加拿大政府驱逐了23,000名日裔加拿大人，并剥夺了他们的财产，因为有人指责他们是间谍或日本的第五纵队，历史证明这些指控毫无根据。”
特鲁多宣布对外国干预选举进行多项调查
维多利亚大学亚洲历史退休教授、签署者之一约翰·普赖斯表示，考虑到加拿大种族主义和殖民主义的历史，在外国干涉调查中定义什么算作“外国”是一个“棘手的问题”。
“许多来自种族社区的人觉得他们总是被当作永远的外国人对待，”他在 CBC 节目《早期版》中对客座主持人格洛丽亚·马卡连科说道。
“在这里，‘外国人’（或）‘外国人’这个词的使用方式没有被定义，[而且]一旦我们陷入这个困境，我们就陷入了真正的浑水。”
妇女和女孩聚集在一起。
照片中的日裔加拿大人被转移到不列颠哥伦比亚省的拘留营。 1942年的内政。这封信引用了这段历史，反驳了针对北京干预加拿大选举的加拿大华裔政客的“毫无根据”的指控。 （加拿大图书馆和档案馆）
普赖斯承认，中国政府有能力干涉其他国家的内政，但其他国家也有能力干涉其他国家的内政，其中包括美国，他说美国在冷战期间曾64次试图在其他国家进行秘密政权更迭。
建议特别报告员采取的行动
这封信警告说，围绕干预加拿大选举的讨论可能会阻碍解决气候变化等全球问题的国际合作。
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它还提醒国家安全情报局和加拿大皇家骑警等国家安全机构，威胁不仅来自外国行为者，还来自国内团体，例如“极右翼白人至上主义组织”。
中国政府选举干预指控中心的自由党议员称战略与国际研究中心尚未联系
公开信建议特别报告员考虑采取以下行动：
严格执行现有的法律措施和制度，防止选举受到干扰。
指示战略情报局和加拿大皇家骑警应对来自白人至上主义组织的威胁。
促进对所有公务员的反种族主义教育。
创建一个独立机构来追踪外国对加拿大政治的干预。
采取外交措施以缓解全球紧张局势。
包含早期版本中的文件，Catharine Tunney 和 Justin McElroy
Academics voice concern over 'toxic' discussions against Chinese Canadians amid election meddling probe
Canadian politicians of Chinese descent have openly rejected allegations they are agents of China's government
Winston Szeto · CBC News ·
The Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Toronto. On Tuesday, academics published an open letter that included recommendations for potential actions to curb racist backlash against people of Chinese descent, amid investigations over alleged election meddling by China's government. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
A group of academics across Canada penned an open letter expressing concern that the investigation into foreign meddling in Canadian elections could trigger "toxic" discussions against people of Chinese descent.
The nine signatories, advisors for the University of Victoria's discussion forum on Canada-China relations, argue the investigations led by special rapporteur David Johnston into alleged interference by China's government may "further indiscriminate and unsubstantiated accusations of loyalty, subversion or treason" against Chinese Canadians.
"We are deeply concerned that government initiatives announced to help combat foreign interference risk creating more problems than they solve," the Tuesday letter to Johnston reads.
"For too many, 'foreign interference' is simply a codeword for 'Chinese' with all the racist overtones that have been imposed on that term."
Allegations against Chinese Canadian politicians
Several Canadian politicians of Chinese descent have openly rejected allegations they are agents of China's government.
This follows reports from Global News and the Globe and Mail that cited leaked information the outlets say is from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), claiming Beijing meddled in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections, and in municipal elections in Vancouver last October.
Liberal MP Han Dong of Toronto's Don Valley North riding said Tuesday he received death threats after Global News published its story last month, where anonymous sources alleged he was among Liberal candidates affiliated with China's foreign interference network.
"It's unverified, anonymous allegations," Dong said.
Last week, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim denounced what he described as 'insinuations' he had won the mayoral election thanks to interference from the Vancouver Chinese consulate. (Justine Boulin/CBC)
Last week, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim denounced what he said were "insinuations" he had won the mayoral election thanks to interference from the Chinese consulate in Vancouver.
"I'll just say it: if I was a Caucasian male, we're not having this conversation," said Sim, Vancouver's first mayor of Chinese descent.
Accusations could be 'groundless': prof
The open letter noted the history of Japanese Canadians' wartime internment to argue against what it described are "unfounded" accusations against Chinese Canadian politicians.
"During the Second World War, the Canadian government uprooted and dispossessed 23,000 Japanese Canadians because some people accused them of being spies or a fifth column for Japan, accusations that history has shown to be groundless."
John Price, a retired professor of Asian history at UVic and one of the signatories, says given Canada's history of racism and colonialism, it is a "tricky question" to define what counts as "foreign" in investigations on foreign interference.
"Many people from racialized communities feel that they're always treated a perpetual foreigners," he told guest host Gloria Macarenko on CBC's The Early Edition.
"Here we have the term 'foreign' [or] 'foreigners' being used in ways that are not defined, [and] once we get into that, we're into really murky waters."
Japanese Canadians are pictured being relocated to internment camps in the B.C. Interior in 1942. The letter cited this history in arguing against what it describes are 'groundless' accusations against Chinese Canadian politicians amid allegations of Beijing interfering in Canada's elections. (Library and Archives Canada)
Price admits China's government is capable of interfering with the internal affairs of other countries, but so are other nations — including the United States, which he says attempted covert regime change in other countries 64 times during the Cold War.
Recommended actions to special rapporteur
The letter warns that discussions around meddling in Canadian elections could stymie international co-operation to address global issues such as climate change.
It also reminds national security agencies such as the CSIS and RCMP that threats come from not only foreign actors but also domestic groups, such as "far-right, white supremacist organizations."
The open letter recommends the special rapporteur to consider the following actions:
- Strictly enforce existing legal measures and institutions to prevent election interference.
- Instruct CSIS and RCMP to address threats from white supremacist organizations.
- Promote anti-racism education for all public servants.
- Create an independent agency to track foreign interference in Canadian politics.
- Undertake measures that are diplomatic in order to reduce global tensions.
With files from The Early Edition, Catharine Tunney and Justin McElroy
