The inquiry into interference in Canada’s elections is beginning two weeks of public hearings on Wednesday, examining alleged attempts by countries like Russia, China and India to sway results.
Quebec judge Marie-Josée Hogue is serving as commissioner of the hearings. Hogue described how the commission “must walk a very fine line in its work” regarding the classified nature of evidence and on-going criminal investigations.
The commission will examine attempts by foreign actors to meddle in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
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This morning, the Foreign Interference Commission resumes. I will post all day, and the Rebel News team will post clips from the day’s coverage.
According to the published agenda, the Commission will hear from diaspora community members who are subject to foreign bullying.
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
Rumours were that Trudeau and senior MPs would testify today at the Foreign Interference Commission. However, the agenda does not indicate that.
Han Dong, former Lib MP credibly accused of benefiting from Chinese meddling, will testify.
(He is on an official govt mission to…— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
The commission is going through the minutiae of definitions used in the commission. I’ll spare you guys that.
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
And now the Foreign Interference Commission is on a break. Stay tuned
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
Foreign Interference Commission is back. The lawyer for the commission will present a report on the various government entities involved in foreign interference investigations and the prevention of foreign meddling. It’s titled Government 101. This is basic roles and…
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
(Conspiracy Theory: they make much of these official commissions tedious for exceptionally long stretches so that we get bored and tune out. I’m on to their little schemes. I will not fall victim to their plans to stupefy me into submission. Not today, bureaucrats. Not today)
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
And just like that the Foreign Interference Commission is on break until 1:00 p.m. Eastern, 11 Mountain.
After the break, The commission expects to hear from diaspora communities victimized by foreign interference.— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
The Foreign Interference Commission is reconvening. Now up: a panel of diaspora members who can speak to the pressure foreign agents put on their communities,
Representing Russians, Sikhs, Uighurs, Iranians, the Falun Gong, and Chinese.
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
First speaker: A rep from the Iranian diaspora details how the Iranian regime intimidates freedom activists in Canada.
He details how Canada is used as a launching point for Iran to attack our allies, including a kidnapping plot in the United States. https://t.co/YcThtbYaxy
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
The speaker details how he is subject to intimidation by Iranian operatives here in Canada.
He was subject to slashed tires here. His parents in Iran are banned from leaving the country.He notes that former Iranian officials are often free to visit Canada or seek permanent…
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
The speaker recounts the story about the founder of the morality police in Tehran – the former chief of police for the city- just working out in Richmond Hill. The Iranian official was in charge during the torture-murder of a Canadian. https://t.co/C4J3DRK6t9
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
The speaker details how a member of the Iranian diaspora was subject to a smear campaign when he sought to run for Parliament. The speaker then vaguely mentions Liberal MP Jowarhi, although not by name, as being accused of engaging in sympathetic meetings with Iranian officials
— Sheila Gunn Reid (@SheilaGunnReid) March 27, 2024
