In 2017, the Communications Security Establishment revealed the existence of “low-sophistication cyber threat activity” on Twitter targeting the 2015 election.
More recently, a Global News report revealed that China was behind a “vast campaign of foreign interference” in the 2019 election. This interference reportedly included financial payments to at least 11 federal candidates and “numerous Beijing operatives” who worked in campaign offices at the behest of their Communist overlords.
What does Canada plan to do to thwart foreign interference from these anti-democratic political actors? Nothing much, it seems. According to a parliamentary committee appearance last month by Marc Chénier, Canada’s deputy commissioner of elections, “Often we cannot do anything.”
I’m sorry, but that’s complete rubbish. If Canada doesn’t work towards containing the dark shroud of foreign interference, it will undermine our democratic system. There’s far more we can do than just shrug our shoulders, sport a sheepish grin and basically admit defeat.
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