Some of Beijing’s top critics in Parliament were re-elected this week, but a Tory candidate said by authorities to be targeted by a Chinese regime operation lost his bid to sit in the House of Commons.
There is no evidence so far that Conservative candidate Joe Tay fell short because of Beijing’s efforts, but in the lead-up to the vote election security officials had warned he was the victim of a transnational repression operation.
Tay was running in the Don Valley North riding of Toronto, which was the site of Chinese interference in the 2019 Liberal nomination contest, according to government intelligence….