Elections Panel Defends Not Warning Public About Interference in Han Dong Riding, Saying Briefing to Liberals Would Mitigate Risk

Published on April 8, 2024

The panel of bureaucrats in charge of notifying the public of election threats said the provision of a briefing to the Liberal Party about the 2019 Don Valley North nomination race would be enough to mitigate the risk and thus did not alert the public, the foreign interference inquiry heard April 8. Allegations of irregularities and interference by the Chinese regime in the race won by MP Han Dong have been a focus of the current hearings of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was briefed about the issue in 2019 but chose to keep Mr. Dong in place. The 2019 members of the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol, composed of five senior bureaucrats, testified before the public inquiry April 8....

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