FILE PHOTO: Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Chris Wattie
Reuters: Canada fears foreign interference in October elections
DINARD, France (Reuters) - Canada’s foreign minister said on Friday it was very likely that there would be foreign meddling in her country’s October elections and that there had already been some interference in the process.
“We are very concerned. I think our judgment is that interference is very likely and we think there have probably already been efforts by malign foreign actors to disrupt our democracy,” Chrystia Freeland said when asked whether she was worried Russia would seek to interfere in the elections.
Speaking on the sidelines of a G7 meeting in Brittany she added the effort was not so much to secure an outcome, but to make societies more polarized.
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WNU Editor: She is repeating the same line from her Liberal colleague and former Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy .... After returning from Ukraine, ex-foreign minister warns Russian disinformation will be factor in Canadian election (The Chronicle Herald). I live in Canada and I have a different take. This country is polarized not because of foreign interference. It is polarized because of her governments policies and actions.
