Trudeau says Canadians decided 2021 election outcome in spite of Chinese meddling

Trudeau says Canadians decided 2021 election outcome in spite of Chinese meddlingOTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadian voters alone decided the last federal election as he played down a report Friday that China tried to unduly sway the outcome. "All Canadians can have total confidence that the outcomes of the 2019 and the 2021 elections were determined by Canadians, and Canadians alone, at the voting booth," Trudeau said Friday when asked about the Globe story. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Friday that Trudeau chose not to be transparent about Chinese interference because it benefited him. Suggestions that China tried to sway the outcome of the 2021 federal election are not new. A federal research unit detected what might be a Chinese Communist Party information operation that aimed to discourage Canadians of Chinese heritage from voting for the Conservatives.