The Foreign Interference Commission has released summaries of confidential testimonies from witnesses with firsthand knowledge of communist Chinese meddling in Canada’s democracy, while the full evidence will remain sealed for 99 years for security reasons.
Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue announced last November the decision on how to capture the testimony of two potential witnesses, identified as “Person B” and “Person C,” and safeguard their evidence for the foreign interference inquiry.
The summaries don’t provide full details of the testimonies but indicate that Person B shared information about Chinese Canadian community associations and their relationship with Chinese officials. This includes how these associations may be involved in foreign interference and how “certain politicians perceived as ‘anti-China’” are excluded from local community events, either in coordination with Chinese officials or for their perceived benefit, the summary said….