What level of interference in Canada’s elections would China have to commit before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government tells us about it?
Would that depend on whom China is interfering against? Nah….
What level of interference in Canada’s elections would China have to commit before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government tells us about it? According to reporting by Robert Fife and Steven Chase on Friday, CSIS documents seen by the Globe and Mail outline a highly organized campaign of...
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Following the 2021 election, then Conservative leader Erin O’Toole alleged election interference by China — which has always denied interfering in Canadian elections — had cost the Conservatives up to nine seats.
The Globe said the intelligence information about China’s election activities in Canada was widely shared with Trudeau government officials and Canada’s allies.
The decision not to tell Canadians about organized campaigns of alleged interference by China in the last two federal elections was due to a process established by the Liberal cabinet, prior to the 2019 election.
It created a Critical Election Incident Public Protocol (CEIPP) headed by five senior civil servants — the clerk of the privy council; the national security and intelligence advisor to the PM; the deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general; the deputy minister of public safety and the deputy minister of foreign affairs; all members of the Liberal Party of Canada, for impartiality.
CEIPP concluded China’s attempts to interfere in the 2019 and 2021 elections didn’t rise to the “high level” threshold that threatened the overall integrity of the vote. Because of that, under the government’s policy, the public was not informed. Oh well.
