The Toronto-based Globe and Mail newspaper, citing classified Canadian Security Intelligence Service records, said China worked to help ensure a Liberal minority victory in the 2021 general election as well as defeat Conservative politicians considered unfriendly to Beijing
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadian voters alone decided the last federal election as he played down a report Friday that China tried to unduly sway the outcome.The story said the spy service quoted one Chinese diplomat as saying Beijing likes it when Canadian political parties are fighting with each other, whereas if one has a majority, the party in power can easily implement policies that do not favour China.
The embassy has previously said China has always adhered to the principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries. "All Canadians can have total confidence that the outcomes of the 2019 and the 2021 elections were determined by Canadians, and Canadians alone, at the voting booth," Trudeau said Friday when asked about the Globe story.
"This is not a new phenomenon. This is something that countries around the world have been grappling with for a long time, and Canada is no exception." As for the disclosure of classified information, Trudeau said: "It's certainly a sign that security within CSIS needs to be reviewed. And I am expecting CSIS to take the issue very seriously."
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