The RCMP is investigating ‘broad’ Chinese interference in Canadian affairs, Commissioner Brenda Lucki said in a letter to a parliamentary committee studying allegations of Chinese funding of candidates in the 2019 federal election.
However, Lucki said there were no investigations of Chinese meddling in the 2019 election “at the time” as the RCMP lacked evidence.
“In the context of the 2019 federal general election, the RCMP did not have any criminal investigations into election-related activities as there was no evidence at the time,” Lucki wrote in a letter to the House of Commons procedure and House affairs committee obtained by the Globe and Mail….