The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is “inadequate transparent” in Canadian politics and opposes an attempt to interfere in two general elections in foreign countries, including China and India. It is too long, “the government committee said on Tuesday. 。
“The trust of the Canadian democratic system is shaken and it is essential to recover it,” the committee said. Final reportWe summarized 18 months of hearing, testimony, and classified information documents.
The government’s efforts to rebuild the trust were “fragmentary and overwhelming.”
The final report included 51 recommendations by the committee to strengthen the Canadian election system. This is from the strict rules of the national political parties and the financing of third parties to the better share of intelligence and fake information during the campaign.
Judge Hoga said, half of the recommendation, “probably, should be implemented quickly even before the next election.”
The Trudeau government did not respond immediately to the report.
However, the recent announcement of Liberal Party’s leaders and Prime Minister to resign, stating that he will resign, saying that it is unlikely to introduce committee recommendations before the future election. The Liberal Party members are hoped to select the successor of Mr. Todo by early March, and the general elections may be held several months later.
“It seems exciting that the timeline makes it impossible to implement one of these recommended protections,” he said. Ryan AlfordProfessor of Associate Law of Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. “Sadly, paradoxically, the same attempts that occurred in the past two federal elections will inevitably enhance the concept of this election.”
The release of the report concluded a one -year public survey on foreign interference, which was severely opposed by Torudeau’s government. Only after a series of leaks in the Intelligence report of Canadian news outlet, which revealed China’s interference in the last two general elections in 2021 and 2019, was finally tolerant.
The release of a few months of hearing and the release of witness oath and Intelligence reports promote profits in Canada by supporting or opposing specific candidates in the election of foreign forces, especially in China and India. I revealed what I tried.
According to the investigation committee, the overall results of the election were not affected, but interference could have influenced a few individual races.
China and India have concentrated their activities in the election district of Toronto and Vancouver. There, a large -scale organized China and India’s Dia Spora, which are very sought by Canadian political parties. The hearing has shown that China and its proxy have tried to impair the major line of the main opposition conservative party, which adopted a strict line in Chinese records and Hong Kong’s control over Hong Kong.
In contrast, the Chinese government and its proxies tended to support the Liberal Party’s candidate, said Intelligence reports. After Mr. Rudeau was selected for the first time in 2015, he was rejected a warning that he would promote friendly relationships with Beijing, including a free trade agreement, and allow Chinese telecommunications company Huawei Technologies to work in Canada. I did.
Witnesses and Intelligence reports indicated that foreign governments and their proxies tried to impact elections by targeting Diaspora members. The Diaspora community was shown to be the focus of foreign interference, but the committee did not have a strong recommendation for how to protect those voters. Dennis MorinaroFormer national security analyst of the Canadian government currently teaches law at the Ontario Institute of Technology.
“Foreign interference is happening in the Diaspola community,” said Morinaro. “If it didn’t happen in the Dia Spolla community, you wouldn’t have been in foreign interference anywhere else, and the report was relatively quiet.”
Mr. Rudeau and his government, who were accused of benefiting from China’s interference, neglected the threats. However, a series of Intelligence reports were reported to the Globe and Mail newspaper and the global news TV network, so he was forced to contact Turdeau.
Canada also accused the Indian government for killing 2023 near Vancouver in Hardep Shin Nijal, a Canadian leader of the Indian Seek.
The survey indicated how foreign powers used the Canadian democracy, especially the weaknesses of political parties, in unclear operations. Political parties select a candidate for the general election in the nominated race without loose rules and external monitoring.
The party’s boss used the system to bend muscles, but the nomination was described as “a gateway for foreign nations that want to interfere with our democratic processes.”
In one liberal party nomination competition with a large -scale Chinese Diaspola in the Toronto area, the bus transported dozens of foreign students from China, Han Dong, a candidate.
According to a report by the Special Congress Committee, the Chinese consulate had to vote to Don to maintain a student visa. Don won the nomination in the district, the base of the Liberal Party, and won the general election.
Last summer, the Congress has passed the laws that made foreign agents registration, investigated foreign interference, and facilitate prosecution, as the details of foreign interference revealed.
In the final report, Judge Hogue wrote, “There is an isolated case that could have affected foreign interference as a result of the nomination contest or a specific election.” However, she added, “I am relieved due to the minimum influence of such efforts so far.”
Duff Consacher, founder Democracy clockAn independent watchdog organization stated that the final report was underestimating foreign interference.
“The fake information alone has more than the minimum impact,” said Conacher. “In addition to the documentation case, it is not the minimum, and there is a threat to the killing of Canadian citizens and the members of many countries in many countries. That is not the minimum.”