The man who wrote a report that recommends a lower threshold for notifying Canadians about foreign interference in elections says there's no consensus about what that threshold should be.
Former civil servant Morris Rosenberg's report, released on Tuesday, looked into the work of the panel created by the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol during the 2021 election. The panel was tasked with monitoring interference in the election and instructed to inform Canadians about any incident -- or group of incidents -- that threatened the ability to hold a free and fair election.
The Globe and Mail newspaper, citing classified CSIS records, reported that China worked to help ensure a Liberal minority victory in the 2021 election and to defeat Conservative politicians considered unfriendly to Beijing. A Global News report cited anonymous sources alleging CSIS urged senior Liberal party staff to rescind Han Dong's nomination in a Toronto riding in 2019 due to alleged interference, but that Trudeau approved his candidacy.
"There's a concern that it could affect people's perception on whether the election is fair, and it may turn voters off." Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters Friday he knows Canadians want reassurance from independent experts. Rosenberg's report also noted there are growing challenges with domestic actors interfering in elections, sometimes on behalf of other countries, and warned the landscape of election threats is changing.
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