BREAKING: Lauren Southern dismantles the Federal Government's cooked-up Russian agent conspiracy theories and destroys their Russian disinformation narrative in her opening statement!
"Some in this Government are hell-bent on drastically exaggerating the extent of foreign interference because they can't seem to stomach the idea that they might be wrong about something and that a growing majority of Canadians legitimately and organically oppose what they are doing. They simply can't conceive they are becoming unpopular naturally, so there must be foul play at work.
Let me make this abundantly clear once more. no one but myself and my true experiences as a Canadian has informed my opinions and to any members of this government who may be listening, I suggest you familiarize yourself with these opinions because they are rapidly becoming the views of the majority."
A Canadian right-wing commentator who produced videos for a media outlet now accused of pushing Russian propaganda says she was never influenced to produce content for the embattled company.
Lauren Southern, a well-known personality in conservative circles, testified Thursday before the House of Commons public safety and national security committee in the wake of a U.S. indictment linking Tenet Media to the foreign influence operation.
"I'm not being influenced by anyone," Southern told MPs during a testy hour of testimony.
"Let me make this abundantly clear once more. No one but myself and my true experiences as a Canadian have informed my opinions."
In September,
the U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment against two Russian nationals accusing them of setting up a conservative media outlet as a front for pro-Kremlin propaganda.
It alleges two Russians — both employees of state broadcaster RT — illegally funnelled nearly $10 million into a company widely reported to be Tenet Media, founded last year by another Canadian, Lauren Chen, and her husband Liam Donovan.
According to the indictment, prosecutors believe the money was shared with the media outlet's personalities to covertly promote the Kremlin's agenda.
"While the views expressed in the videos are not uniform, the subject matter and content of the videos are often consistent with the Government of Russia's interest in amplifying U.S. domestic divisions in order to weaken U.S. opposition to core Government of Russia interests, such as its ongoing war in Ukraine," said the indictment.