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cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/5686820

'If TikTok is a security risk, then a moving vehicle that can be controlled outside of Canada is clearly one as well,' says Brian Kingston, chief executive at Canadian Vehicle Manufacturer’s Association

He talks about why China’s electric vehicle imports are dangerous to Canada in a video (8 min).

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[–] recentSlinky@lemmy.ca 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Just fucking regulate data collection for fuck's sake!!

But of course not as they Must keep on sucking the car and tech industries' dicks or their throats will close or something.

Not play the devil's advocate but China isn't doing anything wrong (legally, not ethically) if they're following the regulations of the country they operate in.

The answer is very easy unless you're a whore for rich white dick.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 18 hours ago

Regulate data harvesting and you are against CDN telcos. Not sure why people care about China knowing where you park your car while Tim Apple is able to see all your dick pics.

[–] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org 0 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

As an addition, there is a comment published by thehub .ca. I don't completely with everything, but it has many good points regarding China:

China is not the answer for Canadian prosperity -- (Archived link)

... Strengthening ties with like-minded partners—through our trade agreements with the European Union, South Korea, or through the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership—builds resilience without compromising our principles. True diversification extends our reach while reinforcing our values, not undermining them.

[There are] profound obstacles to “restoring relations” with China. They are not mere irritants, but deep incompatibilities between Canada’s democratic values and Beijing’s authoritarian conduct. Since joining the World Trade Organization in 2001, China has gamed the rules of global commerce by propping up state-owned enterprises, dumping subsidized products, and weaponizing non-tariff barriers against its critics. Its human-rights record at home and abroad is appalling. Domestically, the persecution of Uyghurs, Tibetans, Falun Gong practitioners, and underground Christians; the crushing of Hong Kong’s freedoms must not be ignored.

Here in Canada, the election interference and the intimidation of Chinese-Canadians through fake police stations should not be overlooked. Not to mention the imprisonment of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor for 1,019 days on fabricated espionage charges. To gloss over these realities is to erode the moral foundation of our foreign policy ...

Emphasis mine.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 0 points 18 hours ago

Im not buying that Kovrig and Spavor were not spying.