A candidate for the federal Conservatives in the spring election says a supporter received a violent threat after meeting with him—one of several tactics he suspects Beijing may have used to undermine his campaign.
Joe Tay, a former Hong Kong singer and actor turned democracy activist, was running for the Conservatives in the Don Valley North riding of Toronto. He testified before the procedure and House affairs committee (PROC) on Dec. 2 as it studies the topic of foreign interference in elections.
“Transnational repression is real, highly sophisticated, coordinated and totally destructive,” he said, adding that during his campaign he faced “non-stop foreign election interference.”…