The federal government has detected a Chinese disinformation campaign targeting Liberal Leader Mark Carney in order to influence the 45th Canadian general election.
The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force has pinpointed an information operation on the social media platform WeChat coming from popular news account Youli-Youmian, an anonymous blog.
“Intelligence reporting links the account to the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission,” said Laurie-Ann Kempton, spokesperson for the Privy Council Office, in a task force press conference on Monday.
