CCP Agents Worked for Elections Canada, Former MP Conveys Chinese Canadians’ Concerns to Inquiry

CCP Agents Worked for Elections Canada, Former MP Conveys Chinese Canadians’ Concerns to Inquiry
Conservative MP Leona Alleslev rises during Question Period in the House of Commons Dec. 9, 2019, in Ottawa. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
Chandra Philip
Omid Ghoreishi
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Many Chinese Canadians believe Chinese agents worked at an Elections Canada office and polling stations, a former Conservative MP told the ongoing foreign interference inquiry.

Leona Alleslev, who represented the Aurora–Oak Ridges–Richmond Hill riding north of Toronto until 2021, said in a March 27 sworn affidavit for the Foreign Interference Commission that while campaigning door to door in 2021, Chinese Canadian constituents told her they were afraid of being identified by Chinese agents if they went to polling stations.