RCMP investigating foreign meddling against three MPs
Posted June 13, 2023 10:05 am.
Last Updated June 13, 2023 10:25 am.
The RCMP says it is investigating allegations of foreign meddling against three parliamentarians, including Conservative MPs Michael Chong and Erin O’Toole and NDP MP Jenny Kwan.
Acting RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme confirmed the investigations this morning during a parliamentary committee meeting.
He says more than 100 investigations into foreign interference writ large are underway in Canada.
Duheme also says police stations allegedly operated by Beijing have been closed amid ongoing investigations.
The commissioner says he has been in contact with elections officials about allegations of foreign interference and that the RCMP first learned of the allegations through the media.
He says he doesn’t know if the Canadian Security Intelligence Service provided the RCMP with a 2021 memo about the alleged targeting of MPs, but says he doesn’t recall seeing it and the information would only have been provided if it met a criminal threshold.
