Absolutely.
There have been studies conducted that show that across Canada, wherever there's a high concentration of Chinese population in ridings, the amount of support that the Conservatives received in 2021 dropped. This bucked the trend of all the neighbouring ridings.
I think this is the effect of the disinformation that was spread. Yes, they targeted specific candidates, such as me, in ridings that I represent or where I was running, but at the same time, they also generalized this and used it across Canada in many of the Chinese ridings to indicate that the party itself and the leadership itself had taken an anti-Chinese role.
The fact is that they misconstrued that Mr. O'Toole and the Conservative Party would ban WeChat. Put yourself in their shoes. If you relied on WeChat as the only lifeline to connect you to your family and to conduct business in Canada, and a political party was going to do that, and in that particular party there's also an MP who proposes a foreign registry that would put you and your descendants in jeopardy, would you be voting for them, even though they align very well with your values?
I believe across the country, it hurt many of the ridings, even those we won, but potentially with a smaller margin.