Globe: Election interference watchdog detects Beijing effort to influence Chinese Canadians on Carney
A federal election-interference watchdog has uncovered an information operation from Beijing trying to shape public opinion among Chinese Canadians about Liberal Leader Mark Carney.
Some of the messaging it found was fairly laudatory toward Mr. Carney, with one headline saying “the United States is facing a tough prime minister from Canada.” This post said the Liberal Leader has been praised for his “quick and effective response” to the 2008 financial crisis, was called a “rock star economist” by British media and had been described as “the only adult in the room” during the Brexit crisis.
The Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force announced Monday this effort is taking place on the Chinese-language social media platform WeChat and through Youli-Youmian, WeChat’s most popular news account. The task force says intelligence reporting links the Youli-Youmian account to the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission.
CNN: Supreme Court pauses midnight deadline to return man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a court-imposed midnight deadline to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, agreeing to a request from President Donald Trump to give both sides more time to make their arguments.
Last Updated: 07.Apr.2025 23:35 EDT
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