\u0027I think where we should be careful as responsible leaders ... is not falling into some of the political partisan traps that are out there right now\u0027
Last week, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported that China worked in the last federal election to help ensure a Liberal minority government. Citing classified Canadian Security Intelligence Service documents, the report said Chinese officials, including the consul general in Vancouver, sought the defeat of Conservative MPs considered unfriendly to Beijing.
The report suggested that Chiu and a federal NDP candidate were both targeted by “Beijing-friendly individuals and organizations” in Vancouver. The Critical Election Incident Public Protocol Panel was tasked with alerting Canadians about foreign interference if it threatened their ability to have a free and fair election. But the panel members, who were to work with national security agencies under their departments’ mandates, made no such announcement in 2019 or 2021.Article content
The details are described in an August 2021 Justice Department briefing document labelled as “secret.” The document says that “barring any overriding national security/public security reasons,” the agencies would inform the affected party of the interference, whether it was a candidate, a political party or Elections Canada.
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