MPs Request Emergency Meeting on Reports of CCP Interference in 2019 Federal Election

MPs Request Emergency Meeting on Reports of CCP Interference in 2019 Federal Election
Conservative MP Michael Cooper rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 10, 2022. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press
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Conservative, Bloc, and NDP MPs are requesting an emergency House of Commons meeting to get answers over reports that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had “actively worked to influence” Canada’s federal election in 2019.

The allegations stem from a Global News report on Nov. 7 that intelligence officials had warned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several cabinet members in a series of briefings and memos in January that Beijing has been allegedly targeting Canada with an extensive campaign of foreign interference.