Trudeau Must ‘Do More’ to Counter Chinese Interference, Tories Say After Report on Election Meddling

Trudeau Must ‘Do More’ to Counter Chinese Interference, Tories Say After Report on Election Meddling
Conservative MP Michael Chong rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 13, 2022. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must “do more” to safeguard Canada’s democracy from interference by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), say Conservatives, following allegations that the prime minister was aware of foreign interference in the 2019 federal election.

“Conservatives are extremely troubled by a recent media report that Canada has been a target of extensive foreign interference by Beijing in the 2019 election,” said Conservative MPs Michael Chong and Pierre Paul-Hus in a statement on Nov. 8.