Hon. Donald Neil Plett (Leader of the Opposition): Senator Gold, as you know, I was once a party president, so I understand very well the severity of this issue. I’m puzzled that your government doesn’t seem to understand the severity of foreign interference in Canada’s electoral processes. It is unfathomable that the Prime Minister has been made aware that Beijing quietly funded 11 candidates in the 2019 federal election and placed operatives on campaign staff and that he was sitting on this information for months.

Senator Gold, what we’re really talking about is the integrity of our democratic institutions, and Canadians are owed better than what you are giving them. They are owed the utmost truth and transparency. Who are the 11 candidates whose offices were allegedly infiltrated by the Chinese Communist Party, or CCP, during the 2019 federal election?