Former federal finance minister Chrystia Freeland announces her formal bid for Liberal Party leadership, and prime minister, at an event in her Toronto riding on Jan. 19, 2025.
Chrystia Freeland's Liberal leadership campaign has been targeted by "co-ordinated and malicious activity" linked back to a WeChat account accused of having ties to the Chinese government, according to the task force set up to monitor foreign election interference.
The immensely popular Chinese social media platform WeChat is part of daily life in the country, from news to communication to banking, and has more than a billion users worldwide. "The campaign received very high levels of engagement and views, with WeChat news articles disparaging Ms. Freeland netting over 140,000 interactions," it said.SITE said it briefed Freeland and the Liberal Party of Canada on Friday.
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