Commentary
The trickle of information on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in Canadian affairs has turned into a torrent. Current and former intelligence officials are coming out and reporting a pattern of government indifference to CCP interference in domestic affairs that spans back decades. Governments and political leaders have managed to ignore the problem with impunity so far.
Will that finally change with the latest revelations?
Has it finally gotten so bad that we will see some high-ranking government officials and possibly a prime minister held to account for this problem?
It’s of little wonder national security officials began leaking documents to the media to try and shed light on the issue. CSIS was monitoring and sending evidence of CCP meddling in nominations and aspects of the 2019 federal election before the writ was even dropped. Their reports were sent to a government that appeared to have done nothing about it. Likewise, CSIS reports of electoral interference in the 2021 federal election were filed with the government and seemed to be sent into an abyss….