By refusing to call for a public inquiry, Johnston is telling Canadians just to trust him, and the government, on China\u0027s interference.
Besides, he asked the PM if he knew about any bad things happening, and Trudeau said no..“I asked the Prime Minister and Ministers if they were aware of any orchestrated effort to elect a LPC minority. They were not,” Johnston wrote in a section responding to a Feb. 17article that detailed the desire by Chinese diplomats to help elect a Liberal government in the 2021 election.
“It appears from limited intelligence that the PRC intended for funds to be sent to seven Liberal and four Conservative federal candidates through a community organization, political staff and a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPP,” Johnston wrote. Johnston mainly relied on the same intelligence officials and bureaucrats who gave the last two elections a clean bill of health to inform his report.Article content
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