MPs on the Procedure and House Affairs Committee decided on Feb. 21 to expand their study of foreign election interference after classified CSIS documents on Beijing’s involvement were leaked in the press.
“If these reports are true ... this campaign of interference is not trivial, it is not a case of one or two bad actors—not that one or two bad actors is something to turn a blind eye to—but if established, what this amounts to, is an all out assault on Canadian democracy by the Chinese communist regime,” said Conservative MP Michael Cooper who presented the motion to expand the study.
