Representatives of major political parties security-cleared to receive sensitive information about election interference in Canada’s 2021 federal election say they never received a briefing warning that the Chinese regime was working to target specific ridings.
“The People’s Republic of China (PRC) will be the primary threat actor in an upcoming federal election,” wrote the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force in a July 2021 briefing prepared for cleared party representatives. The task force convenes during elections and draws its members from departments and agencies that have security mandates.
