[ Info Drop #023 ]: Unmasking the WEF graduates embedded in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand

There are around 40 that we know of per the Young Global Leaders website...

Continuing from our drop about Schwab’s WEF graduates embedded throughout US institutions and corporations, here are some of the most notable we found in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand…

The WEF Kiwis

Jacinda Ardern needs no introduction. She is the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand and one of the world’s most notorious progressive leaders. Ardern enforced some of the strictest covid lockdowns which included barring citizens from entering their own country (which a court found was “illegal”), preventing businesses from opening, and mandating that “mask must be worn at all times when leaving home” (indoors as well as outdoors). She also imposed vaccine passport mandates on over 5 million of her fellow New Zealanders. Ardern is also heavy on government censorship and has attempted to expand hate speech laws. Her government has just drafted up a plan to tax farmers for “cow and sheep burps” in an “effort to tackle greenhouse gas emissions”.

Meet Golriz Ghahraman, a member of the New Zealand Parliament for the Green Party, she is a former United Nations lawyer and became the first child refugee elected to Parliament. Her influence in politics is similar to that of a European MP, making/voting on new laws and examining and approving government taxation and spending. Golriz has continuously promoted “educating girls for climate justice”, mass immigration and gun control laws. On her Twitter, she describes herself as a feminist and uses the pronouns “she/her”. In mid-July 2019, Golriz was accused of anti-Semitism by Juliet Moses after she published a tweet on 11 July describing Mary and Joseph as Palestinian refugees. The New Zealand Green Party, which she is a member of, was caught up in a controversy last year over their support of a covid relief bill that contained an $11.7 million grant to an “elite private school”.

Meet Clayton Cosgrove, a former politician, he is now simply a member of the Labour Party. Clayton has held a number of positions for the government, from Minister of Statistics to Minister of Immigration (immigration saw a net increase under his watch). Prior to going into politics, he served as a senior adviser to Rt. Hon. Mike Moore, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand. He was selected to attend the World Economic Forum's Annual meeting in New York and Davos in 2001 and 2002, and was appointed to the Forum's task force on Free Trade. During an interview with RNZ back in 2017, it was reported that in his office were framed pictures of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and the Turkish President Recep Erdoğan. Clayton retired from politics in 2017 and worked thereafter as a political consultant and lobbyist. He was heavily criticised in 2019 for his role in helping a mining firm, Plaman Resources, dig up “23 million-year-old fossils” for “pig food”.

The WEF Aussies

Meet Andrew Bragg, a New South Wales senator elected in the 2019 federal election and a member of the Liberal Party. He holds the typical powers of a senator, scrutinising legislation, initiating bills (other than monetary), and reviewing government policy. Andrew was accused of showing “disdain” for free speech two months ago when he threatened legal action against a website that reveals MPs’ voting records. He also voted against an oversight bill looking into a reportedly “unlawful scheme” which resulted in “$721 million being stolen from 373,000 individuals”. He robustly condemned the association of covid with the fault of the Chinese state during the pandemic but did however speak out against “zero covid policy”. He has also advocated for carbon-neutral climate change policies.

Meet Sarah Hanson-Young, a senator for New South Wales who is a member of The Green Party. She previously worked for Amnesty International as a campaign manager and has also worked as a campaigner with Justice For Refugees. In April 2022, she became the director of a progressive think tank The Australia Institute. During the pandemic, she openly criticised news channels that challenged the prevailing government narrative on covid and condemned Australia’s Communication and Media Authority for “sitting on their hands”. She has frequently called for censorship due to “covid misinformation”. Sarah has also repeatedly advocated radical green policies claiming it is the number one threat to children. She flew halfway across the world to deliver that message at The Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. She is also an outspoken supporter of relaxing immigration controls.

Meet Jason Li Yat-Sen, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Strathfield who is a member of the Labor Party. He has previously worked at the United Nations for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia at the Hague. He is also the Executive Chairman for Vantage Asia Holdings, which “secures all necessary licences and permits for import and distribution of products in Asia”, “manages distribution channels in Asia” and “provides investment for core operations”. Back in April, he spread news of emerging mass graves in Ukraine despite investigative journalists casting doubt on such claims. Photos from his campaign trail reveal he is an avid face mask wearer and has advocated for a number of covid restrictions.

Meet Kaila Murnain, the former General Secretary of New South Wales Labor who was also a former campaign manager on local, state, and federal levels. Kaila was the advisor for Ageing and Disability Services in the NSW Government, overseeing the NSW Ageing Roundtable. She is an advocate for workplace gender equality as well as face mask-wearing, calling non-face mask wearers “weird… and annoying”. She also went on to say that “anti-lockdown/vaxers” should be fined for protesting and labelled them “covidiots”. She also supported a vaccine passport/testing app. In 2019, she was suspended from the Labor Party, casting an “unfair shadow” over the entire party by keeping quiet about the acceptance of unlawful donations from Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo.

Meet Clare O’Neil, the Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security who was an Engagement Manager for consulting firm McKinsey & Company. She is also a Fulbright Scholar, a Harvard graduate, a published author and a former Mayor and Councillor in the City of Greater Dandenong. According to TheyVoteForYou, she voted generally against protecting Australian sovereignty in trade agreements. Clare also criticised the lack of speed involved in Australia’s vaccine rollout despite it being one of the most quickly authorised vaccines in history. She has also been a vocal critic of "male entitlement”. In a statement on February 21st 2020, she said that some of the most serious challenges threatening democracy are “misinformation and conspiracy theories (that) spread like viruses”. Clare has also voted in support of bills increasing trade unions’ powers in the workplace, reproductive bodily autonomy, and stopping tax avoidance or aggressive tax minimisation.

The WEF Canadians

Meet Chrystia Freeland, 10th and current Deputy Prime Minister of Canada who is also the Minister for Finance. She is a member of the Liberal Party and has served as Minister of International Trade, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. Prior to politics, Chrystia worked as a Ukraine-based freelance correspondent for the Financial Times, The Washington Post, and The Economist before joining Thomson Reuters as their director and editor of consumer news. In 2021, alongside Trudeau, the government she is a part of gave $3 million of taxpayers’ money to the WEF and a further $1.6 million to the UN. She also astonishingly supported freezing the bank accounts of the infamous Canadian Freedom Convoy fighters when they protested in Ottawa under “terrorist financing rules”. Chrystia is a radical advocate of covid lockdowns and restrictions including shutting down businesses, imposing mask mandates, and vaccine passports. Back in 2019, she was involved in a governmental internet censorship plan with the creation of a $600 million “new media fund”. In March 2022, she drew attention by reportedly meeting with a Ukrainian neo-Nazi party co-founder.

Meet François-Philippe Champagne, the Minister for Innovation, Science and Industry who was formerly the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2019 to 2021. He was a Strategic Development Director for Amec PLC - a British multinational consultancy company that focuses on “oil, gas, chemicals, mining, power… and environment & infrastructure markets”. He has been accused of failing to “refer to China’s treatment of Uyghurs as genocide”, being “sympathetic” to Huawei, and holding “mortgages with the state-owned Bank of China, which raised questions of potential vulnerability to foreign influence”. During the pandemic, François’s showed consistent support for face masks, travel restrictions, and lockdowns. In April 2022, he was Canada’s representative among 60 other representatives from various countries that signed a declaration that “commits to bolstering resilience to disinformation and misinformation”.

Meet Sean Fraser, the Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, who has served as the Member of Parliament for Central Nova since 2015. He has worked on fiscal, economic, and environmental matters while holding various governmental posts including Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance. It is safe to say Sean is an open supporter of mass immigration as he celebrated over 15,000 Afghan refugees arriving in Canada. Under his watch, a further reported 30,000 Ukrainian refugee applications have been approved under “special immigration rules”. Sean has also consistently documented his worries over climate change that is “connected” to extreme weather events. He has also been an avid supporter of mask-wearing during the pandemic. On his Twitter feed, he has promoted the fact that he is doubled-vaccinated and celebrated Pfizer’s vaccine approval for 5-12 year old kids.

Meet Elissa Golberg, the former Assistant Deputy Minister for Strategic Policy at the department of Global Affairs Canada where she was responsible for “developing, leading and coordinating Canada's emerging foreign, economic and international development policy agendas”. She is also a member of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament and has served on the WEF's Global Agenda Council on Violence and Fragility, and Global Future Council on Global Governance, Public-Private Partnerships and Sustainable Development. She is an outspoken supporter of Pride Month and the LGBTQ community and has lambasted Putin over Ukraine. During her numerous flights and travels abroad as the Ambassador of Canada to Italy, she has also “helped” “advance priorities on… climate change”. Elissa also proudly celebrates Canada’s “strong ties” to the European Union.

Meet Karina Gould, the Minister of Families, Children, and Social Development who is also a member of the Liberal Party. Before her election, she worked as a trade and investment specialist for the Mexican Trade Commission in Toronto and as a consultant for the Migration and Development Program at the Organisation of American States in Washington, D.C. Recently given the Roe V Wade controversy in the USA, Karina welcomed “US women to have abortions in Canada” while refusing to say if unvaccinated Canadian women could have abortions. She supported face mask mandates during the pandemic, is self-admittedly “fully vaxxed and boosted”, and framed covid as an opportunity to drive climate change initiatives. She condemned the Freedom Convoy protests by declaring them “illegal” and “harmful” to Canadians. Karina has also consistently called for social media companies to “enforce” their terms of service and remain “accountable” for the content posted on their platforms.