You are aware of that article.
I'll just mention what The New York Times said. It's not me, but what the article said. It said, “The first case tried under Australia's foreign interference laws has raised tough questions about the breadth of the regulations.”
I'll just quote some sentences from the article, and I would like to know from you guys if that is what can happen here in Canada under this new law.
The fundamental thing about that case is that:
The police officers asked the man what he meant when he said that involving an Australian government minister in a charity event could benefit “us Chinese” [within the courts]. Was he talking about mainland China and the Chinese Communist Party, or the local Australian Chinese community?
Depending on the judge, the jury or the government officials, whether, when he says “us Chinese”, he means the Chinese government or the Chinese diaspora, depending on the answer, yes or no, he could face 10 years in prison.
This event is about “a $25,000 donation to a community hospital”, which, according to prosecutors, “would at some point have become the basis for a pro-China pitch to a local member of Parliament.”
My question is this: Do you think it is possible that this case can happen in Canada under this proposed law?