Justin Trudeau accuses Beijing of ‘aggressive games’ amid reports of agents placed in MPs’ offices to influence policy
Justin Trudeau accused China of playing “aggressive games” with Canada’s democracy after reports that Beijing planted spies in MPs offices.
Intelligence sources warned that China had funded a “clandestine network” of election candidates in Canada’s 2019 election and agents to parliament to influence policy in China’s favour.
The allegations came just days after federal police also announced it was investigating a secret network of Chinese “overseas police stations” in Toronto, part of China’s efforts to secretly round up dissidents and criminals abroad.
“We have taken significant measures to strengthen the integrity of our elections processes and our systems, and we’ll continue to invest in the fight against election interference, against foreign interference of our democracy and institutions,” Mr Trudeau said Monday.