Beijing Attempting to Influence Chinese Canadians Regarding Mark Carney, Election Watchdog Says

Beijing Attempting to Influence Chinese Canadians Regarding Mark Carney, Election Watchdog Says
CSIS Deputy Director, Operations, and Chair of the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force Vanessa Lloyd (second from right), speaks during a news conference in Ottawa on March 24, 2025. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Noé Chartier
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Federal authorities say they have detected an information operation linked to the Chinese regime that seeks to influence Chinese Canadians’ perceptions about Prime Minister and Liberal Leader Mark Carney.

The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force said the information operation was “deliberately amplifying narratives in a coordinated and inauthentic way” on the Chinese social media platform WeChat.

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