The Ontario Premier’s office said it requested a briefing after questions from Global News about allegations that Mr. Ke was involved in Beijing-led efforts to interfere with the 2019 federal election
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his office was briefed by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service about Toronto MPP Vincent Ke, who has since left the Progressive Conservative caucus following allegations of foreign interference, but that the information was sparse and “very secretive.”
The Premier’s office confirmed the briefing happened last fall. Mr. Ke left the PC caucus on March 10, when Global reported on allegations that Mr. Ke was part of a Beijing-led effort to interfere with the 2019 federal election, which he denies. Mr. Ke has called the allegations “false and defamatory,” but said he does not want to be a distraction for the government.“He wants to clear his name. And once he clears his name then we can get back to normal.
Mr. Ford said he personally did not receive a briefing from CSIS, but that Mr. Wallace did. He did not name any other staff members present at the meeting. “With CSIS, everything’s a big secret. They don’t give you a proper briefing in my opinion. They will say a few comments and ‘We can’t tell you, we can’t tell you, we can’t tell you.’ Well they’re in charge of national security so let them continue on with their investigation. We’ll co-operate any way we can and let them do their job. But they’re very secretive.”His resignation follows a Global News report that alleged Mr.
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