The Chinese election interference story continues to get worse for Justin Trudeau. On Friday, Global News reported that sources inside CSIS warned the Liberal Party before the 2019 election about concerns that Liberal MP Han Dong was involved in a Chinese Communist election interference operation. Among many explosive details, the Global News report alleges that the Chinese consulate in Toronto threatened international students with removal from Canada if they didn’t help Han Dong become the Liberal nominee in the Don Valley North riding.

In response to this reporting, Justin Trudeau has played the race card and is now accusing those who are concerned about the integrity of Canada’s elections and Han Dong’s role in this scandal of stoking “anti-Asian racism.”

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    Harrison Faulkner is the host of Ratio'd and co-host of Fake News Friday. He is also a journalist and producer for True North based in Toronto. Twitter: @Harry__Faulkner