Feds Had Intel Beijing Was Funding Candidates Before 2019 Elections, Inquiry Hears

Commissioner Justice Marie-Josée Hogue listens during the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on April 2, 2024. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

An elections integrity body had intelligence before the 2019 general elections that the Chinese regime was providing funding to local races, but says it didn’t meet the threshold to warn the public.

Top public servants who were part of the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol (“panel of five”) testified to that effect at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference on April 8.