Chief Electoral Officer acknowledges he lacks authority to properly examine foreign interference allegations

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He conceded it was difficult to track hidden transactions because Election Canada only has access to overall campaign expenses and not all invoices and justifying documents

Canada's chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, testifies today at a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them.

Other tactics that The Globe reported on were undeclared cash donations to political campaigns or having business owners hire international Chinese students and “assign them to volunteer in electoral campaigns on a full-time basis.” But Mr. Johnston said his team did not conclude that those “strange practices” could be attributed to the Chinese consulate in Toronto despite “well-grounded suspicion.”

 

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