B.C. Senator Yuen Pau Woo challenges reports suggesting China targeted MPs

Yuen Pau Woo casts doubt on findings of federal election-monitoring reports that suggest Chinese government in 2021 may have targeted then-Conservative leader Erin O’Toole and former fellow MP Kenny Chiu .

The commission is probing meddling primarily by China in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.

Two documents in question were released in partly redacted form during preliminary hearings in early February .

Mr. Woo challenged SITE 's characterization of WeChat criticism of Mr. O’Toole ’s views on China because of foreign, rather than Canadian , sources of information.

Woo also challenged the characterization of the criticism of the bill, arguing that it was “reasonable non-specialist interpretations” of the proposed legislation and “legitimate political debate”.