An unredacted intelligence document unveils details of Beijing’s alleged attempts to interfere in Canada’s 2019 election. It alleges that covert funds ran through a network of community groups to Canadian federal candidates to further China’s interests.
The Privy Council Office (PCO) document is from February 2020 and a heavily redacted version of it was filed earlier this month with a House of Commons committee. But an unredacted version was obtained by Global News, which reported exclusively on it in a story published Dec. 21.
The document stated that China’s “foreign interference efforts are likely to be more persistent and pervasive in future elections.”…