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This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Canadian foreign interference monitoring system has detected an "information operation" targeting Conservative MP Michael Chong, Global Affairs Canada revealed Wednesday.
According to Global Affairs Canada, nothing observed represented a threat to the safety of Chong or his family, however the network displayed "several indicators of foreign information manipulation and interference."
"Unequivocal proof that China ordered and directed the operation is not possible to determine due to the covert nature of how social media networks are leveraged in this type of information campaign," said Global Affairs Canada in a statement.
The monitoring system that detected Chong was being targeted was created by the federal Liberal government in 2018, as part of a G7-wide effort to combat foreign threats to democracy.
Because of heightened concerns around foreign interference dominating the headlines and debate in the House of Commons during the time of the June byelections, the government implemented additional threat monitoring by SITE.
This latest example of a member of Parliament being targeted by what Canada presumes to be another country is reviving months-long calls for the federal government to launch an independent public inquiry into foreign interference.
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