No Intelligence Briefing Happened on Chinese Interference in Election: Trudeau

No Intelligence Briefing Happened on Chinese Interference in Election: Trudeau
The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa in a file photo. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
The Canadian Press
Updated:

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has never been briefed that any candidates in a Canadian election were influenced by financing from the Chinese government.

A Global News report earlier this month cited unnamed sources who claimed Trudeau was briefed last January that China was trying to interfere in Canadian politics, including by funding at least 11 candidates in the 2019 federal election.