Thank you, Mr. Genuis.
It has been spoken about explicitly by Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang that overseas Chinese are a tool that they wish to use in exerting Chinese influence abroad. The way that this becomes interference instead of simple influence is that these overseas Chinese populations are fed misinformation, disinformation and propaganda directly through CGTN on Canadian airwaves.
I should note that it is primarily Chinese diaspora populations that are consuming this information. Therefore, they are the tools that are used by the United Front Work Department, if they take it as truth, to spread disinformation to people who don't watch CGTN.
It is also important to note that it has been stated in the United Front Work Department's mandate that they explicitly will guide the Chinese populations abroad. That is one of their objectives.