Special rapporteur David Johnston said he reviewed the intelligence behind this allegation and came to conclude there was no truth to it.
“No specific recommendation was provided. He concluded there was no basis to displace Mr. Dong as the candidate for Don Valley North. This was not an unreasonable conclusion based on the intelligence available to the prime minister at the time.”
“There is uncertainty about whether there was money, if it actually went to staff or the provincial MPP, and there is no intelligence suggesting any federal candidates received these funds.” “This memorandum warns him that public efforts to raise awareness should remain general and not single out specific countries, because of diplomatic sensitivities,” Johnston wrote. “This is before the “two Michaels” and the deterioration in Canada-PRC relations.”
Johnston’s public report doesn’t provide details on how he concluded what he did about the allegations, but he said he has drafted a confidential annex, which can be viewed by anyone with a top secret clearance, which he said should include the opposition leaders.Article content Johnston addressed the most recent allegations that Chinese diplomats had targeted Conservative MP Michael Chong’s family. He said he found intelligence pointing to that and found it was not relayed to ministers, part of a much broader problem.
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