Feds Had Intel Beijing Was Funding Candidates Before 2019 Elections, Inquiry Hears

An elections integrity body had intelligence before the 2019 general elections that the Chinese regime was providing funding to local races, but says it didn’t meet the threshold to warn the public. Top public servants who were part of the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol (“panel of five”) testified to that effect at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference on April 8. Nathalie Drouin, who was part of the panel in her capacity as deputy minister of justice at the time, was asked to comment on a summary of intelligence about the Don Valley North Liberal Party nomination race in 2019. Han Dong had won the contest....