Quebec Liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez demands external investigation into cash-for-votes report
November 19, 2025
Pablo Rodriguez is facing his biggest crisis since becoming leader of the Quebec Liberals in June, after a news report on Wednesday alleged some party members were paid to vote for him in the leadership campaign.
Visibly shaken and combative, Rodriguez repeatedly told reporters he has nothing to hide and that he asked the president of the Liberals to investigate the allegations. He also said anyone found to have committed wrongdoing would face “extremely serious” consequences.
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Until his arrest this week, Deepak Balwant Paradkar was known as the kind of flashy, brash defence lawyer that drug dealers in Canada paid handsomely to help keep them out of jail. On Wednesday, Mr. Paradkar was in custody in Toronto, facing extradition to the U.S., where officials accuse him of helping an international drug boss plot the murder of a key witness.
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This is an edited excerpt from Under Assault: Interference and Espionage in China’s Secret War Against Canada. The author, Dennis Molinaro, is a former national security analyst and policy adviser for the Canadian federal government. In mid-century British Columbia, student politics were frequently occupied with the issue of Japanese imperialism, particularly as China came under attack by Japan. Among the most vocal of students was Paul Lin, a child of Chinese immigrants who came to Canada in the late 1880s. He grew up in B.C. and travelled to the U.S. to study engineering, but...
November 20, 2025 - 04:15 | Dennis Molinaro | The Globe and Mail
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