Claims of foreign interference in Canada’s last two federal elections are “speculative” and “not based on facts,” says Liberal MP Ya’ara Saks, who also said the federal Conservatives are spreading misinformation on the matter.
Saks, who represents the constituency of York Centre in Toronto, made the comments during a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) on March 14, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
Saks said the “nature of the world we live in” consists of misinformation spreading quickly and creating “stereotypes and frankly racist tropes and hatred towards communities.”
“It moves at warp speed,” she said, going on to reference a media report she said she recently read, which stated recent claims of foreign interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 elections are “based on speculative information.”…