Repression Operation Targeted Conservative Candidate Joe Tay

April 21, 2025, 4:20 pm

Canadian security officials have uncovered a coordinated online campaign emanating from Chinese social media, aiming to discredit Conservative candidate Joe Tay through fabricated ‘wanted’ posters. The probe into this political interference raises eyebrow-raising questions about foreign influence in domestic elections.

Reddit: r/canada


torontosun.com / EDITORIAL: If China’s the threat start acting like it

Liberal Leader Mark Carney said during the leaders’ debate that China poses the greatest security threat to Canada.  That raises a number of questions.  Why, for example, didn’t Carney immediately toss Liberal MP Paul Chiang from the party when it was revealed he had told Chinese-language...

nationalpost.com / China linked to fake ‘wanted’ poster, repression efforts against Conservative candidate

Posts began appearing on various China-based social media platforms promoting the bounty against Tay

cbc.ca / Security officials report 'repression' operation targeting Conservative candidate Joe Tay

Canadian security officials say they have spotted a foreign repression operation targeting a federal Conservative candidate opposed to Chinese government policies.


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