Canada a 'high-priority' target for Chinese interference, CSIS doc tells Hogue inquiry

The inquiry is investigating whether Beijing, Russia, India and other nations interfered in the past two elections, and how information about foreign interference flowed within the federal government. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue was chosen to lead the inquiry after media reports accused the People’s Republic of China of meddling in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.

“PRC [foreign interference] activity targeting Canada’s democratic institutions is primarily motivated by a desire to cultivate relationships with or support political candidates and incumbents who seem receptive or actively promote PRC viewpoints,” says the July 2021 threat assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.