As the Star reported in February, the Conservatives identified 13 ridings — including several in the Greater Toronto Area — where they suspected outside political influence campaigns helped sway voters against them. DeLorey also stated he is certain the overall result of the 2021 election — the Liberals returning to power with a minority government — was not directed by foreign political interference. Citing unnamed national security sources and documents, the reports outlined alleged influence campaigns in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. He began his testimony by reading from what he said was a memo drafted by Conservative operatives after “rumblings” of foreign interference in the 2021 election campaign. The memo concluded there was a “strong case to be made that there was a degree of influence exerted by an outside actor in the Chinese community” during the 2021 federal election.

Source: thestar April 25, 2023 22:52 UTC