Special rapporteur David Johnston’s first report comments on some of the Chinese interference allegations that have been reported in media based on intelligence leaks. This includes allegations against MP Han Dong, former Ontario Liberal cabinet minister Michael Chan, and the Chinese consulate’s interference in past federal elections. Here’s what the report says on these key…

Commentary The disintegration continues. The latest revelation about the Trudeau Liberals’ blindness to Chinese election meddling is that then-public safety and emergency preparedness minister Bill Blair took months to grant CSIS a warrant to monitor election activities by former Ontario cabinet minister infamous for his links to communist China. And they still have no idea…

Opposition MPs are calling on Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair to appear at committee at the “earliest possible opportunity” over a new report alleging he took months to approve surveillance measures against an important Liberal Party figure in Toronto. “Canadians need to know why it took so long for the Minister to sign off on…

The prime minister’s top adviser told a Commons committee that it was not her duty to warn a cabinet minister that someone in the 2019 election campaign had close ties to Chinese diplomats. Katie Telford, chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, made the comments while testifying before the Standing Committee on Procedure and…

The prime minister’s top adviser told a Commons committee that it was not her duty to warn a cabinet minister that someone in the 2019 election campaign had close ties to Chinese diplomats. Katie Telford, chief of staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, made the comments while testifying before the Standing Committee on Procedure and…

Opposition MPs from all major parties battled hard to get some face time with Katie Telford, chief of staff to the prime minister, who is expected to be in a House of Commons committee this week to testify on issues related to interference by the Chinese regime in Canada’s democracy. Liberal MPs on the House…

Opposition MPs from all major parties battled hard to get some face time with Katie Telford, chief of staff to the prime minister. As a result, Telford is expected to appear before a House of Commons committee this week to testify on issues related to interference by the Chinese regime in Canada’s democracy. Liberal MPs…

Senator Victor Oh and former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan were signatories among those who signed a 2020 letter from an Ontario-based Chinese-Canadian business association to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official saying the association has been promoting China’s image in fighting COVID-19 and pledges continuing support of the “great motherland.” The correspondence was in…

Conservative MPs are criticizing the Liberals for not heeding advice from security officials to steer clear of former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan. “The Liberal Trade Minister [Mary Ng] had former Liberal minister Michael Chan chair her election campaigns,” MP Michael Barrett said in the House of Commons on Feb. 14. “It turns out Mr….

Former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan has tossed his hat in the ring for York regional councillor in the upcoming Ontario municipal election. Chan, who served in the Ontario Liberal government, had been the subject of a warning from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) related to China while in cabinet, according to The Globe and Mail,…