‘Smears and baseless’: China rejects Canadian election meddling claims
- Chinese embassy in Ottawa says Beijing has never interfered in Canada’s internal affairs and has no intention of doing so
- Canadian public inquiry report says China is the most persistent and sophisticated foreign interference threat to Canada
“On May 3, the commissioner of Canada’s Foreign Interference Commission released its initial report, once again harping on the same old tune of attacking China for interfering in Canada’s internal affairs,” the Chinese embassy in Ottawa said in a statement on Friday.
“We express our strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition to this.”
It said the report “smears China” by saying the country was the biggest foreign intelligence threat to Canada.
“China has consistently upheld the principle of non-interference in other countries’ internal affairs. We have never meddled in Canada’s internal affairs, nor do we have any intention to do so,” it said.
“We urge the Canadian side to respect the facts, abandon ideological bias, and stop groundlessly attacking China.”