Former Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole told the Foreign Interference Commission about a suspected influence attempt involving being repeatedly approached by a “flirtatious” Chinese woman.
O’Toole recounted two incidents he believes may have involved foreign interference, according to a summary of interviews with commission counsel conducted in March and released on Sept. 18, which was first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter.
In the first encounter, he described being approached by “a young ethnic Chinese woman” at an event in 2018 or 2019, as well as on other occasions.
“Mr. O’Toole described the young woman as very flirtatious and as unprofessional and relentless in her attempts to obtain his phone number, to the point that he felt bothered and uncomfortable,” the summary stated. “Around the time he became Party leader he reflected upon this incident and believed it may well have been an overt attempt at gaining his influence.”…