Allegations of US interference in Quebec election

Posted by Teever |an hour ago |9 comments

norrsson an hour ago

This story is evolving rapidly as some evidence is showing up that it's the CAQ (the party currently in power) that first tried to push the existence of the DARC blog post to the journalists, then informed CSIS when they didn't report it since it seems to be just one blog post from a think tank, not a coordinated effort.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2287702/caq-scrs-ingere...

ilamont an hour ago[3 more]

The report by Quebecor media quoted two unnamed sources from Fréchette’s government who said American government officials had attempted to negotiate tariffs with Quebec directly.

This incident aside, doesn't Quebec already have special rights within the confederation to manage certain international relationships? E.g. quasi-diplomatic General Delegation in Paris, Francophone offices overseas, certain aspects of immigration to Quebec?

slopinthebag an hour ago

she later came out and admitted it was basically made up as a desperate last attempt before the election. everyone in quebec is pissed at her lol

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2287644/frechette-inger...

pessimizer an hour ago

You don't understand; it's only ever election interference when the Russian, Chinese, or Iranian government, or for that matter any Russian, Chinese, or Iranian person, openly supports a candidate in a foreign election.

When the US pours millions or billions of dollars covertly into a foreign election, or even into street militias and paramilitaries on one side of an election, it's actually a human rights violation if you stop us.

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