Former Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole said foreign interference from Beijing’s communist regime cost his party seats in Canada’s 2021 federal election.
Speaking to CBC host Chris Hall on June 18, O’Toole was asked about an interview with Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith earlier this month in which O’Toole said the Conservative Party had lost about eight or nine seats in the election due to “foreign interference from China.”
When pressed for the source, O’Toole said the number came from his party’s internal review following the election, adding that “there were more ridings where the influence operations by Beijing played a role.” He also cited reports from Canada’s intelligence agencies, saying that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service had warned his campaign team about foreign interference….