Chinese Interference Cost Conservative Seats in Canada’s 2021 Federal Election: Erin O'Toole

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole rises during question period in the House of Commons on March 10, 2021. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

Former Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said foreign interference from Beijing’s communist regime cost his party seats in Canada’s 2021 federal election.

Speaking to CBC host Chris Hall on June 18, O'Toole was asked about an interview with Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith earlier this month in which O'Toole said the Conservative Party had lost about eight or nine seats in the election due to “foreign interference from China.”