Former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole told the Foreign Interference Commission on Sept. 18 that he considered removing a senator from his party’s caucus over concerns of potential foreign influence.
Testifying before the Foreign Interference Commission on Sept. 18, O’Toole said a local mayor informed one of his MPs that a Conservative senator had been advocating for a Chinese company in Ontario. O’Toole expressed “serious concerns” about the issue, particularly due to the senator receiving what he described as “pretty extensive” sponsored travel to China.
“It was completely inappropriate for a member of the Senate to be advocating for a commercial interest related to a foreign entity in a riding in Canada,” O’Toole told the commission without naming the senator at the centre of his concerns….