Vancouver councillor ‘100%’ in support of election interference probe
Vancouver Coun. Lenny Zhou says he is in full support of a foreign interference probe for elections at all levels of Canada’s governments after he was named in a newspaper report on the issue.
Zhou says he is “100 per cent” supportive of a “thorough and transparent” investigation into federal, provincial and municipal elections, because he’s been a strong advocate for democracy, free speech and human rights.report says Canadian intelligence officials are concerned the Chinese consulate in Vancouver interfered in the 2022 local election by using diaspora community groups and grooming potential candidates.
The report says consulate officials worked to oust then-mayor Kennedy Stewart and elect a new mayor and a certain city councillor.Foreign interference in Australia is at ‘unprecedented’ levels. What can Canada learn? Zhou, who was elected alongside new mayor Ken Sim, says Canadians need to work together to defend our values, because the topic of foreign interference is “non-partisan.”3. I was approached about running in Apr 20225. My baby was born in Nov 2021. I never even thought about running at the timeOngoing concerns about possible foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections spurred Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to name former governor general David Johnston to investigate.
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