Category: election interference

Trudeau Rejects Calls for Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference as Opposition Parties Unite

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau repeated on March 1 that he doesn’t support launching a public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference in Canadian elections as the three main opposition parties have now requested. He said in a news conference that there are already “an awful lot of mechanisms that are underway right now, determining what kind…


Panel Says Foreign Interference Didn’t Impact 2021 Election Integrity

A panel of senior federal employees examining foreign meddling in Canadian elections has concluded that the integrity of the 2021 federal election wasn’t impacted by foreign interference. In a Feb. 28 news release, the minister for Democratic Institutions said the panel “did not detect foreign interference that threatened Canada’s ability to have a free and fair election”…


Tories Blast PM’s Choice of Former Trudeau Foundation Head to Write Report on Election Interference Amid Latest CSIS Leak

The Conservatives are crying foul over the appointment of former Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation president and CEO Morris Rosenberg to head up a panel examining foreign interference in Canadian elections. Rosenberg was CEO in 2016 when the Trudeau Foundation received $200,000 in donations from Zhang Bin, a wealthy Chinese businessman tied to the Chinese communist…


Liberal MP Denies Allegations in Report That He Was a ‘Witting Affiliate’ in China’s Election Interference Network

Liberal MP Han Dong is denying allegations in a Global News report that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office was warned by intelligence officials that Dong was part of a Chinese foreign interference network. The Feb. 24 report by Global News cited unnamed national security sources saying that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) believes Dong to be…


Public Inquiry Needed on Alleged Foreign Election Interference, Says Former CSIS Head

A public inquiry is needed to determine whether there has been Chinese interference in Canadian elections, says former Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister Richard Fadden. “In this case, the allegations are so serious they need to be looked into,” Fadden said in an interview on…


Public Inquiry Needed on Alleged Foreign Interference in Elections, Says Former CSIS Head

A public inquiry is needed to determine whether there has been Chinese interference in Canadian elections, says former Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister Richard Fadden. “In this case, the allegations are so serious they need to be looked into,” Fadden said in an interview on…


Trudeau Addresses Comment of ‘Inaccuracies’ in CSIS Leaks on Beijing Interference

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked on Feb. 24 to clarify his comments that recent CSIS leaks on Beijing foreign interference contain “inaccuracies,” but he used information from months ago to do so. “First of all, I think Canadians understand how important it is that we continue to do all the necessary work with our…


Trudeau Addresses ‘Inaccuracies’ Comment Regarding CSIS Leaks on Beijing Interference

When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was asked on Feb. 24 to clarify his previous comment that recent CSIS leaks on Beijing foreign interference contain “inaccuracies,” he used information from months ago to do so. “First of all, I think Canadians understand how important it is that we continue to do all the necessary work with…


Ottawa ‘Very Concerned’ About Leak of CSIS Documents on Election Interference: Trudeau

The federal government is “very concerned” that Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) documents were leaked to the press detailing Beijing’s election interference objectives in Canada’s 2021 federal election, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau was asked at a press conference in Halifax on Feb. 23 why he believes top-secret CSIS documents were being leaked to…


Chinese Interference Must Force a Reckoning in Canada

Commentary New revelations by Canadian media on leaks from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) are quickly pushing Canada beyond a point of no return. A reckoning of how Chinese influence operations and long-arm policing actually work is needed, or there is no point in even trying to resist. Most recently, the news has been…