Trudeau Responds to Privy Council Document Citing ‘Active Foreign Interference Network’

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a year-end interview with The Canadian Press in Ottawa on Dec. 12, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded today to questions about a 2020 briefing document from the Privy Council Office (PCO) that mentioned an “active foreign interference network,” which was linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during Canada’s 2019 federal election.

Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa that the federal government has been aware of foreign interference attempts in Canadian society “for a long time.”