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The alarms about state actors have also been amplified by CSIS director David Vigneault as well as think tanks and academics.

Since last fallвЂ™s vote, the issue of foreign interference in Canadian elections has been raised frequently in Parliament.

'No public announcement was made related to the 2021 federal election,' Champagne said in an email.

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вЂњMoreover, we find Canadian-Chinese issues were not central to the campaign nor were they top of mind for voters.вЂќДЄ special task force, established by the government to monitor for foreign threats to the country's democratic process, didn't flag anything last year, either.Д«randon Champagne, a spokesperson for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, told POLITICO that a public notification must be made after voting day if top national security officials determined 'an incident or a series of events has occurred that threatens CanadaвЂ™s ability to have a free and fair election.' вЂњWe find no clear evidence that there was a concerted effort by the Chinese state to interfere in the election,вЂќ the report said. Still, the study found no evidence of riding-specific impact. While one of the studyвЂ™s findings concluded the 2021 election was вЂњminimally impacted by mis- and disinformation,вЂќ researchers found Chinese officials and state media worked вЂњwith an apparent aim to convince Canadians of Chinese origin to vote against the Conservative Party.вЂќ вЂњThe communist leadership in Beijing did interfere in the last federal election by spreading disinformation through proxies on Chinese-language social media platforms that contributed to the defeat of a number of Conservative MPs,вЂќ Chong said. Chong says research from McGill University now provides proof of interference. The evidence at the time, he said, wasnвЂ™t conclusive - but that has since changed. Conservative MP Michael Chong told POLITICO he shares OвЂ™TooleвЂ™s views.Д¬hong, who serves as their partyвЂ™s foreign affairs critic, said Wednesday that after the election he was initially cautious about blaming Beijing for interfering in the vote.