OTTAWA — Special rapporteur David Johnston released his first report on foreign interference on Tuesday, which involved analyzing recent media reports on…
But he said that broader context cannot be shared publicly.
Media reports have published allegations that federal candidates received funds during the 2019 federal election. But Johnston found “no basis” to conclude that candidates were working in concert or understood the intentions of apparent Chinese government proxies who were communicating with them. After the 2021 federal election concluded, former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole asserted that China had interfered in the electoral process, costing his party eight or nine seats.Article contentHe said there’s a possibility that some Chinese Canadians disagreed with the Conservative party’s platform, but that’s “not interference, it is the democratic process.”
5. He says Toronto MP Han Dong did not advise China’s consulate to extend the detention of Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.Article content Dong resigned from the Liberal caucus to sit as an Independent MP following that report and has filed a lawsuit against Global News for those and other allegations related to Chinese interference.
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