Spy agency provided classified briefing to Liberal Party officials about alleged irregularities in Dong’s 2019 nomination, Foreign Interference Commission hears
A Liberal Party member warned Han Dong that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service was keeping tabs on him, shortly after the spy agency briefed the party in the fall of 2019 on alleged Chinese state interference in the nomination contest of Don Valley North, according to a senior national-security official.provided a classified briefing on Sept. 28, 2019, to Liberal Party officials, who received national-security clearances, about alleged irregularities in the nomination that Mr.
CSIS has for years targeted Mr. Chan, an influential player in the Chinese-Canadian community in the Greater Toronto Area with close ties to Chinese diplomats. Mr. Chan has insisted he is a loyal Canadian and testified at the inquiry that he played a minor role in the nomination campaign, although he encouraged Mr. Dong to seek a seat in Parliament.
The Liberal Leader was in the midst of an election campaign, and had to be briefed in a secure fashion. Mr. Broadhurst felt it was important to let Mr. Trudeau know about the information gathered by CSIS. But he also told Mr. Trudeau that party officials in Don Valley North could not substantiate the spy agency’s allegations about the bussing and intimidation of Chinese students.
Irregularities involving the Don Valley contest had been discussed among national-security and election-oversight officials, and the Prime Minister got another briefing from federal security officials on details of “PRC-linked individuals interfering with the 2019 Liberal nomination” in February, 2021, the inquiry was told.
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