Election interference watchdogs collected findings that the Chinese Communist government is promoting Mark Carney on a very popular Chinese social media platform. The famous posts promoting Carney caught the eye of Canada’s Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE). The posts had an unusual amount of engagement amounting to over 1-3 million views.
“It could be that they’re trying to support Carney. It could be that they’re just testing the waters,” said former national security analyst Stephanie Carvin. The CPC is quick to attack this news, with CPC candidate Michael Chong, stating that “They know that for a decade the Liberals have turned a blind eye to Beijing’s interference in Canada’s democracy. They know that the Liberals have stood by as Beijing interfered in our democracy, targeted and harassed our citizens, and threatened Canada’s interests at home and abroad,”