Liberal Party Going Into Leadership Race Keeping Rules Allowing Foreign Nationals to Vote

A general view of the podium where Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau delivered his speech on the results of the federal election, at the party’s headquarters in Montreal on Sept. 20, 2021. Dave Chan/Getty Images

The Liberal Party will elect its new leader in the coming months with rules that, according to publicly released intelligence, had been exploited by Beijing in the past to support a favoured candidate in a riding nomination contest.

The leadership race is expected to kick off in the coming days, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Jan. 6 that he intends to step down once the Liberal Party elects a new leader.