The Liberal government has absolutely no credibility when it comes to foreign interference, because this is a Prime Minister who turned a blind eye to Beijing's interference in two federal elections. This is a Prime Minister who was repeatedly briefed about Beijing's disinformation campaign. This is a Prime Minister who turned a blind eye, along with his officials, when a sitting member of Parliament, Kenny Chiu, was specifically targeted in a sophisticated campaign of disinformation by the Beijing-based regime using various online platforms, which contributed to his defeat in the 2021 election.
In fact, the Liberals didn't just turn a blind eye to the campaign against Kenny Chiu, which had real direct electoral consequences; they actually amplified that disinformation, spreading lies about Kenny Chiu's private member's bill to establish a foreign influence registry, something that CSIS and national security experts have long said would be an important tool to combat disinformation and other foreign interference activities from hostile foreign states.
This is a Prime Minister who, out of direct electoral concern, allowed a Liberal candidate, who is now the member for Don Valley North, to stand even after he had been briefed that Beijing had actively interfered on his behalf to help him secure the Liberal nomination. When I say that the Prime Minister made a decision to allow that to happen out of direct electoral concern, those are not my words. Those are the conclusions of Madam Justice Hogue. In other words, according to the findings of Madam Justice Hogue in her first report, we have a Prime Minister who put his partisan interests and his personal interests ahead of our national security and ahead of our democracy. That is the record of this Prime Minister.