The Liberal Party will elect its new leader in the coming months with rules that were, according to publicly released intelligence, exploited by Beijing in the past to support a favoured candidate in a riding nomination contest.
The leadership race should kick-off in the coming days, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Jan. 6 he intends to step down once the Liberal Party elects a new leader.
Details about the race are expected to be etched out this week by the party’s national board of directors, which has to set a date for the vote and set up committees to decide on issues such as contestants’ campaign spending limits….