Tories Want to Know If Alleged Chinese Funding to Candidates Was Reported to Elections Canada

Tories Want to Know If Alleged Chinese Funding to Candidates Was Reported to Elections Canada
Conservative MP Michael Cooper rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 10, 2022. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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Conservative MPs asked during question period in the House of Commons Friday if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau informed Elections Canada after he was briefed by intelligence officers in January that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) covertly funded 11 candidates in the 2019 federal election.

“The prime minister had a choice: He could report this illegal activity to Elections Canada so that they could investigate or he could cover it up. What choice did the prime minister make?” asked Conservative MP Michael Cooper on Nov. 18.