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The China election interference story has only grown, with Justin Trudeau now accusing critics and CSIS of racism for raising concerns about a foreign power meddling in Canada's democracy. In this live edition of The Andrew Lawton Show, Andrew discusses the scandal with Patricia Adams of Probe International.

A new shocking report alleges that China had aimed to influence Justin Trudeau after he became the Liberal Leader in 2013 by facilitating a $1 million donation that in part went to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced Tuesday morning that they are formally probing the issue of the Chinese Communist government having installed police stations on Canadian soil.

On Day 22 of the Emergencies Act hearings, it was revealed that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told the federal cabinet that the Freedom Convoy did not constitute a threat to national security just one day prior to the invocation of the Emergencies Act.

"For those who follow the day-to-day of Canadian politics, it's especially clear now why our performance on democratic accountability has dropped since Trudeau took office."

True North has listed six instances of where officials have categorically disputed the Liberal government’s claims about the Freedom Convoy.

Victor Oh had told a fellow senator earlier this week that Kenny Chiu was “lying” to them about the incident, accusing Chiu of “going bizarre” and working for “foreign Affairs.” 

The RCMP’s Director of Financial Crime Denis Beaudoin told the Commons finance committee on Mar. 7 that there was no evidence of terrorist activity in the funding of the freedom convoy protest. 

Although fully aware of US interference in Canada’s affairs in these situations, the media and Liberals have had no apparent problem with foreign funding, likely because that foreign support backed their own agenda. 

A former Canadian Space Agency engineer who is facing breach of trust charges after working with a Chinese company was found to have worked on several major Canadian projects.