The prime minister told the inquiry one of his longest-serving staffers alerted him on Sept. 30, 2019, in the middle of an election campaign, about the spy agency’s “concerns.”
foreign interferencesays he decided not to remove Han Dong as the Liberal candidate because it would have been a “drastic option” based on the available intelligence.
Wednesday’s testimony marks the first time Trudeau has acknowledged he was briefed about alleged Chinese planning for interference in the Toronto-area riding of Don Valley North in 2019.Bank of Canada holds key rate, but signals June cut in ‘realm of possibilities’Foreign interference has dominated the headlines ever since Global News first revealed in November 2022 that China allegedly tried to meddle in Canadian democratic institutions – including the nomination contest for Don Valley North.
After Global News published the stories in February 2023, Trudeau defended Dong, telling reporters at the time that Liberals were happy to have an MP like “Dong in our midst, serving his community.”“Once again, one of the things we’ve seen unfortunately over the past years is a rise in anti-Asian racism linked to the pandemic and concerns around people’s loyalties,” he said.
“They literally killed a guy,” Sandhu responded, referring to the assassination of Canadian Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in B.C. in June 2023. Dong has denied all the allegations and CSIS officials testifying have noted the allegations in intelligence summaries shared with the inquiry have not been proven.
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