Cross-Partisan Calls Mount for Public Inquiry Into Chinese Election Interference

Elections Canada workers place signage at the Halifax Convention Centre in Halifax as they prepare for the polls to open in the federal election on Sept. 20, 2021. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

Cross-partisan calls are growing for the Liberal government to call a public inquiry to investigate allegations of election interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections by the Chinese regime, despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau having already ruled it out.

“When Canadians learn about possible foreign interference through leaked documents, confidence in our democracy is put at risk,” NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said in a statement on Feb. 27.