His comments followed a media report saying China sought to influence the outcome of the 2021 election. Read more at straitstimes.com.
over North American airspace earlier this month and a recent Canadian media report about what it said were Beijing’s attempts to influence the last vote.
The Globe also said the documents showed China favored a Trudeau re-election, albeit with a parliamentary minority, which was in fact the outcome. “Everyone should be worried about the fact that countries like China and Russia and others are continually trying to spread misinformation and disinformation, trying to interfere in our elections unsuccessfully, so far,” he said, but cautioned against falling into “partisan traps.”
“Amplifying and giving reasons to mistrust the outcome of an election... is not a good path to go down for society or for democracy,” Mr Trudeau said.
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