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• China’s Consul General threatens Tory MP Bob Saroya before 2021 election, committee hears

  Katie Telford, Justin Trudeau's most trusted aide, told a parliamentary committee about intelligence briefings the prime minister received on foreign election interference.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2023
• On foreign interference, Canada playing ‘whack-a-mole’ to China’s chess: expert

  Two former CSIS officers are calling for a complete transformation of Canada’s security apparatus to counter expanding foreign interference operations.

  Canada

  Mar 31, 2023
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• Liberal MP Han Dong secretly advised Chinese diplomat in 2021 to delay freeing Two Michaels: sources

  The sources said Dong allegedly suggested to China’s consul general in Toronto, that if Beijing released the Two Michaels, the Opposition Conservatives would benefit.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2023
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• Ontario legislature member is part of alleged Beijing 2019 election-interference network: sources

  Sources say an Ontario PC MPP and a former aide to a Toronto-area Conservative MP were intermediaries in a Chinese government scheme to interfere in Canada's 2019 election.

  Canada

  Mar 10, 2023
• Two high-level memos allege Beijing covertly funded Canadian election candidates

  The two reports, from 2019 and 2022, raise questions about what senior federal officials knew and how seriously the Trudeau government took the warnings.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2023
• Trudeau briefed ‘multiple’ times since 2022 on election interference, adviser testifies

  Questions have been raised about whether Trudeau’s government has responded with appropriate measures to counter these national security threats.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2023
• Security officials don’t dictate ‘who can or cannot run’: PM Trudeau on alleged CSIS brief

  “It is not up to unelected security officials to dictate to political parties who can or cannot run," Trudeau said. "That's a really important principle.”

  Canada

  Feb 27, 2023
• Liberals ignored CSIS warning on 2019 candidate accused in Chinese interference probe: sources

  An 8-month investigation by Global News shows CSIS is investigating a Chinese Communist Party election-interference scheme allegedly directed by the Chinese consulate in Toronto.

  Canada

  Feb 25, 2023
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• 2017 memo prepared for PM warns of Beijing election interference

  A draft memo obtained by Global News shows senior Canadian intelligence officials knew of China’s efforts to infiltrate ‘all levels of government' a year before the 2019 election.

  Canada

  Feb 8, 2023
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• Exclusive: 2020 intel warned Trudeau government that China’s interference in Canadian elections will likely be ‘pervasive’

  A February 2020 intelligence document warned Justin Trudeau that China's interference in Canadian elections would be 'more persistent and pervasive in future elections.'

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2022
• Secret 2020 Privy Council Office memo found ‘active foreign interference network’ in 2019 election

  The Privy Council Office regularly briefs the prime minister’s office and appropriate cabinet ministers on national security intelligence.

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2022
• RCMP foreign interference investigators visit B.C. friendship society

  The RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team conducted interviews at the Wenzhou Friendship Society.

  Canada

  Dec 11, 2022
• Toronto businessman allegedly focus of Chinese interference probes: sources

  Canadian authorities are investigating Toronto businessman Wei Chengyi for his alleged role in a Chinese government scheme to interfere in Canada's 2019 federal election.

  Investigations

  Nov 16, 2022
• Canadian intelligence warned PM Trudeau that China covertly funded 2019 election candidates: Sources

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was warned that China has allegedly been targeting Canada with a vast campaign of foreign interference, according to Global News sources.

  Investigations

  Nov 7, 2022
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• Polarizing Chinese-Canadian leader re-enters political arena

  Michael Chan, an influential and polarizing leader in the Greater Toronto Area’s Chinese-Canadian communities, has registered to run for municipal office in Markham, Ont.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2022
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• Exclusive: Russian buyer of Canadian oil company accused of paying kickbacks to former Ukrainian PM

  Igor Makarov, 21% owner of Calgary-based Spartan Delta, has been accused by U.S. authorities of paying at least $28.5 million in kickbacks to a former Ukrainian prime minister.

  Canada

  Aug 17, 2022
• Cullen Commission report: BCLC boss warned execs of no bonuses if casino revenue targets not met

  Buried in the final report is the possibility that the incentive of individual compensation at BCLC was one of many factors that may have deterred casino investigators.

  Crime

  Jun 17, 2022
• Federal ‘failures’ on money laundering prompt B.C. inquiry to call for provincial watchdog

  The Cullen Commission's final report following a wide-ranging public inquiry says the failures of the RCMP and the federal agency Fintrac allowed money laundering in B.C. to grow.

  Crime

  Jun 15, 2022
• Police look at organized crime connections to Vancouver double-homicide

  Two businesswomen were found dead in an exclusive Vancouver neighbourhood last February. Global News has learned the case has caught the interest of federal investigators.

  Crime

  Apr 28, 2022
• Canada will try to avoid job losses at steel factories tied to sanctioned oligarch, Trudeau says

  Canada's actions against Roman Abramovich took effect Thursday, about a day after the U.K. took aim at the Britain-registered multinational steel and mining conglomerate Evraz PLC.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2022
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• Where is Xiao Jianhua? Officials mum on abduction of Canadian-Chinese tycoon in 2017

  Five years after the abduction of Canadian-Chinese billionaire Xiao Jianhua, there have been no official updates from the federal government on his whereabouts.

  Investigations

  Mar 1, 2022
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• Over $154M tied to detained Chinese-Canadian oligarch invested in GTA real estate

  Xiao Jianhua, a Chinese-Canadian billionaire, was abducted in 2017. A Global News investigation has found his wife and family are quietly developing massive condos in Canada.

  Investigations

  Feb 28, 2022
• Security experts concerned about possible ‘threat financing’ tied to trucker convoy

  Financial crime and security experts are concerned that funds raised through GoFundMe for the so-called 'freedom convoy' could end up with hate groups.

  Canada

  Feb 4, 2022
• Money-laundering inquiry must judge whether corruption reached top of B.C. government

  Justice Austin Cullen has heard from 198 witnesses in hundreds of hours of hearings that produced bombshell testimony and 70,000 pages of evidence.

  Crime

  Dec 23, 2021
• B.C. casinos used foreign high rollers as money-laundering ‘pawns,’ inquiry hears

  On the final days of the two-year Cullen Commission, federal government lawyers cited RCMP records to counter arguments made by lawyers for the owners of two B.C. casinos.

  Crime

  Oct 19, 2021