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The Foreign Interference Commission in Canada is conducting public hearings to address concerns of foreign agents targeting dissidents and meddling in electoral processes. Testimonies reveal warnings of possible interference by China in nomination processes, with security agents identifying attempts to cultivate relationships with MPs. The Chief Electoral Officer acknowledges lacking authority to fully investigate foreign interference allegations.
Allegations on Han Dong’s Nomination and Beijing Financing of Candidate Under Investigation, Says Elections Commissioner “I cannot share more information...The last thing we want is to be used, to be instrumented, to fuel this partisanship.” https://t.co/MAc2i15PTA
"While I read this CSIS report with Confidential Source 3, they commented that CSIS officers thought federal Liberal Party leaders were not responding to election-interference threats because China was attacking the Conservative Party while the Liberal Party was gaining voters… https://t.co/jZvOtf5m3I
Elxn Commissioner admits dismissing multiple complaints of China agents targeting Conservatives in 2021: "There is no duty to investigate everything." https://t.co/HpHCSM6FxH #cdnpoli @ElectionsCan_E https://t.co/uKyZem4BU0
DOCUMENTS: @ElectionsCan_E was told in writing that @ChinaEmbOttawa sought to "cultivate relationships with current MPs." Memo did not name China-friendly parliamentarians. https://t.co/m8a0BVLGIf #cdnpoli https://t.co/sZRdODbsUc
.@ElectionsCan_E Chief was told by security agents of irregularities at 2019 nomination in Toronto riding: "Am I correct those concerns related to the Liberal Party nomination?" https://t.co/WS7k6GM3S4 #cdnpoli @HanDongOntario https://t.co/gTMnbR6cRO
Canadian Chief Electoral Officer acknowledges he lacks authority to properly examine foreign interference allegations - why doesn't he??https://t.co/pCIgVmVSE6
Federal security agents in a censored 2021 election memo said they were aware China sought to “cultivate relationships with current MPs.” https://t.co/fq0bW0nZwM @PIFIEPIE #cdnpoli https://t.co/4aDxTS85n4
Security agents warned Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault of irregularities at 2019 nomination meeting in Don Valley North, @PIFIEPIE discloses. https://t.co/JyrNkbye97 #cdnpoli https://t.co/F3BiF1tvnZ
Democracy Watch: Suggested Witnesses, and Key Questions for these Witnesses, for the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions https://t.co/YpvsLKqrCz
CSIS alerted Elections Canada to 'foreign interference allegation' in Toronto's Don Valley riding https://t.co/hNfxrMdnGw https://t.co/cSLlxhRAU3
CSIS alerted Elections Canada of 'foreign interference allegation' in Toronto's Don Valley riding https://t.co/FmIEeujI87 https://t.co/TbqmF3K9Ks
Canada's chief elections officer says he was warned by CSIS of possible foreign interference in the Don Valley North nomination process in 2019 but didn't have a mandate to intervene. That's the riding of current independent and former Liberal MP Han Dong https://t.co/oVF0ejTa6Q
Spy agency told election chief of possible meddling in nomination, inquiry hears https://t.co/PwIsSahlEQ https://t.co/zvLaPpAkTm
Thankfully Elections Canada took police away from investigating interference from Communist China, to focus on a news report that Trudeau found embarrassing. https://t.co/x1OqHC8POW
LIVE UPDATES: Foreign Interference Commission continues as Chief Electoral Officer testifies Sheila Gunn Reid is providing live updates as the Foreign Interference Commission enters its second day of public hearings. MORE: https://t.co/6uegJWJCRc https://t.co/Sk3t5J4LMu
LIVE UPDATES: Foreign Interference Commission continues as Chief Electoral Officer testifies Sheila Gunn Reid is providing live updates as the Foreign Interference Commission enters its second day of public hearings. https://t.co/6uegJWJCRc
Inquiry on interference has started, Electoral Commissioner Stéphane Perreault testifies. Makes corrections to summary of interview to replace "allegations of irregularities" by "fact situation" with regards to foreign interference in the nomination of Han Dong. https://t.co/yIfMBG8VVt
Emigres plead for help at China inquiry in countering @ChinaEmbOttawa subterfuge: "It is about threats," one witness testified. https://t.co/FPRezKgjVF #cdnpoli https://t.co/pv73SrvUGa
Foreign interference inquiry set to hear from chief electoral officer https://t.co/PJSzp01yde https://t.co/yHEBrInbxq
Chinese émigrés plead with @PIFIEPIE inquiry to counter harassment campaigns by China foreign agents targeting dissidents in Canada. https://t.co/G1nW7tgv0h #cdnpoli https://t.co/aRSU8EnPxz