Opposition party leaders have reacted to the latest national security leak alleging that the Chinese regime interfered in the Vancouver municipal elections last year, with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh expressing grave concerns.
“As somebody who represents Burnaby, a neighbouring city, the idea of a foreign government influencing our municipal election is deeply concerning, it should not be happening,” Singh said during a press conference in Toronto on March 16.
“From what it sounds like it targeted Kennedy Stewart, the former mayor of Vancouver.”
The Globe and Mail, quoting from leaked Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) information, says that then-Chinese consul-general Tong Xiaoling made efforts to elect pro-Beijing politicians to the city council in the 2022 election….