Conservative MP and former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole is given a standing ovation as he delivers his final speech in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, June 12, 2023.
Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole says he was surprised to learn from Canada's spy agency that the Chinese government likely would continue to target him even after he left politics.Conservative MP and former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole says CSIS warned him that the Chinese government would continue to target him after he left politics.
The former Ontario MP, who retired from politics in June, told MPs studying China's intimidation campaigns in Canadian politics that the CSIS officials kept using terms like "target of interest.""So I had to ask, 'You're using the present tense, I'm not the Conservative leader anymore and I'm not going to be an MP in a few months when the session comes to an end. Does this mean I'm ... an ongoing target?'" he told MPs.
The federal government launched the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol in 2019 to monitor and alert the public to credible threats to Canada's elections. The team is a panel of five top public servants tasked with determining whether incidents of interference meet the threshold for warning the public.
"'Colossal failure' might be the best description of the process," O'Toole said, offering his assessment of the protocol. It agreed to hold a public inquiry into foreign election interference and tapped Justice Marie-Josée Hogue to lead it.
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