Election Interference Concerns Met With ‘Shrugged Shoulders,’ Tory Campaign Manager Testifies

Election Interference Concerns Met With ‘Shrugged Shoulders,’ Tory Campaign Manager Testifies
The Parliament Hill Peace Tower is framed in an iron fence on Wellington Street in Ottawa on March 12, 2020. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Noé Chartier
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A campaign manager for the Conservative Party in the last federal election has heavily criticized processes put in place by the Liberal government to defend against interference, saying concerns he raised were met with indifference.

“Political parties cannot formulate public policy under threat that they are going to possibly lose ridings based on foreign influence, because of at least a perception of a weak security infrastructure,” said Walied Soliman, chair of law firm Norton Rose Fulbright Canada.

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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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