VAUGHAN, Ont. — Canada’s national security agency briefed the Ontario premier’s chief of staff after allegations of election interference by China were tied to…
Vincent Ke, a provincial representative for Don Valley North in Toronto, resigned from the Progressive Conservative caucus earlier this month after the allegations surfaced in a Global News report.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
That followed a report from Global News that alleged Ke served as a financial intermediary in a Chinese Communist Party election interference scheme.An earlier report by Global News in November referenced the alleged involvement of an Ontario member of provincial parliament, and while Ke wasn’t publicly named at the time, Ford’s office says the reporter had asked them questions about the provincial representative.
Ford’s office says the premier’s chief of staff then requested and received a briefing from CSIS, but didn’t receive concrete information.Share this article in your social network
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