Former Chief Electoral Officer Calls for Independent Inquiry Into Chinese Interference in 2019 and 2021 Elections

Former Chief Electoral Officer Calls for Independent Inquiry Into Chinese Interference in 2019 and 2021 Elections
Jean-Pierre Kingsley, former chief electoral officer, appears at the Commons House Affairs Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 29, 2012. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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A former chief electoral officer is calling for an independent inquiry into China’s interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections.

Jean-Pierre Kingsley, who served the role from 1990 to 2017, said the recently leaked Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS) documents that detail Beijing’s interference objectives in the 2021 federal election, and how the regime helped its favoured candidates in the two most recent campaigns, is disturbing.