The Liberal government wouldn’t say in a document tabled in the House of Commons on Jan. 30 whether the Privy Council Office (PCO) or the Prime Minister’s Office received information on the funding of federal candidates by Beijing, citing secrecy.
The government filed an official response after Conservative MP Arnold Viersen submitted a written question on the issue on Nov. 22.
That same day Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had said “there has never been any information given to me on the funding of federal candidates by China.”
Trudeau was reacting to reporting from Global News that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had been covertly funding candidates in past elections….