Ottawa's decision to launch a public inquiry comes after months of calls to investigate foreign interference in Canadian elections
The Richmond Conservative MP defeated almost two years ago after an alleged China-sponsored disinformation campaign called Thursday’s long overdue announcement of a public inquiry into foreign interference “better than nothing.”
The announcement came almost six months after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s failed appointment of former Gov. Gen. David Johnston as a “special rapporteur.” In late May, Johnston recommended against a public inquiry, claiming too many top-secret files and not enough evidence of Chinese government interference. He quit two weeks later due to allegations of conflict of interest from opposition leaders.
Before election day in 2021, Chiu went public with evidence of a disinformation campaign that falsely alleged his proposed foreign agent registry would make Chinese “second-class citizens” in Canada if the Conservatives won. Chiu had also voted to condemn the Chinese government’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims as a genocide, for which he was sanctioned by Beijing.
Chiu is also dissatisfied that Hogue’s first deadline is so soon, he worries that the focus could be shifted away from China and that the inquiry could be derailed by a collapse in the Trudeau minority government before the scheduled October 2025 election. After Johnston’s resignation, new RCMP commissioner Michael Duheme testified to a House of Commons committee that there are more than 100 foreign interference investigations ongoing, including one about the targeting of Conservative MP Michael Chong by Chinese diplomat Zhao Wei, who was expelled May 8.
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