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Foreign Interference in Elections: Interim RCMP Commissioner Calls for Ability to Use Security Intel in Criminal Probes

April 2, 2023
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Amid recent allegations over China interfering in Canadian federal elections, the interim head of the RCMP says the national police force needs to be able to use intelligence from Canada’s national security agency as evidence in criminal investigations. “For a criminal investigation, you have to be able to demonstrate how the investigation began. And with…

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Canada Foreign Agent Registry: No Timeline for Creation Offered by Public Safety Minister

March 12, 2023
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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said there is no timeline for when a foreign influence registry would be implemented, saying only that the government has begun public consultations. Mendicino was asked if he was committed to a foreign agent registry during an appearance on The West Block, a Global News program, on March 12. “That’s precisely…

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Two-Thirds of Canadians Want Public Inquiry Into Foreign Election Interference, Stricter Regulations: Poll

March 7, 2023
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Close to two-thirds of Canadians support a public inquiry into foreign interference in elections, and 58 percent of Canadians believe foreign governments have successfully influenced voting in the country, according to a new poll. In the Research Co. survey, one-third of Canadians, or 33 percent, responded that it was “very likely” that China has attempted…

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

February 28, 2023
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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…

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Mendicino Won’t Say if Panel That Found Elections ‘Free and Fair’ Received CSIS Documents Alleging China Interference

February 19, 2023
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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has refused to say if an election integrity panel was given access to confidential Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) documents that allege China interfered in the last two federal elections. This interference is alleged to have included providing support to 11 candidates, mostly Liberals, in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)…

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