The Chinese regime’s interference in Canadian elections revealed in recent media leaks is only the “tip of the iceberg,” and anti-Beijing activists say they have a good idea who its favoured candidates are, a Commons committee heard on March 10.
“If we want to say who are the 11 potential nominees that CSIS had kind of mentioned, I can pretty much guess who they are,” said Cheuk Kwan, co-chair of the Toronto Association for Democracy in China.
Kwan was referring to media reporting that the Chinese regime had funded at least 11 candidates in the 2019 election.
“It’s an open secret that both Mr. Tohti and I have been living with and knowing,” said Kwan as he testified alongside Mehmet Tohti, executive director of the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project….