Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must “do more” to safeguard Canada’s democracy from interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), say Conservatives, following allegations that the prime minister was aware of foreign interference in the 2019 federal election.
“Conservatives are extremely troubled by a recent media report that Canada has been a target of extensive foreign interference by Beijing in the 2019 election,” said Conservative MPs Michael Chong and Pierre Paul-Hus in a statement on Nov. 8.
“Intelligence officials informed the Prime Minister and several cabinet ministers about this interference in a series of briefings in January of this year,” the MPs wrote, adding that the federal government “must do more to protect Canadian democracy from foreign interference.”…