Rebel News reporter Robert Kraychik is providing comprehensive independent coverage of the public hearings for the Foreign Interference Commission, which is investigating alarming allegations of foreign meddling in Canada’s elections.

The commission says the hearings "will focus on the interference that China, Russia and other foreign actors may have engaged in, and any impact it may have had on the 2019 and 2021 federal elections."

These are serious allegations about foreign influences potentially undermining our democratic processes. 

The first public hearings will begin on January 29 and run until February 2. The hearings will begin at 10 a.m. ET and run until about 4:30 p.m. ET each day. A second set of hearings will be held in March, and a third set will likely be scheduled in the fall.

Check ProtectOurDemocracy.ca throughout the Foreign Interference Commission hearings for all of our latest reports.

Please also sign our petition at KickThemOut.ca, calling on the government to kick out the Chinese surveillance police stations that have popped up throughout our country.

Robert Kraychik is posting live updates from day five of the hearings on X, follow his updates below:

All these explanations - which are mostly of a grade-seven-level complexity - of legalities governing classification/disclosure, the intelligence agencies' mandates, the commission's stated goal, etc, could have been done in preliminary talks before the public hearings.

— Robert Kraychik (@rkraychik) February 2, 2024

A Chinese-Canadian lady explained to me how WeChat is a CCP weapon of surveillance and control against the Chinese diaspora, who use it to communicate with family/friends in China, where popular messaging apps like WhatsApp/Signal/Telegram are banned. https://t.co/H7NXi1CJey

— Robert Kraychik (@rkraychik) February 2, 2024

Ever notice how Chinese-Canadians often seem apolitical, at least relative to other ethnicities? I wonder if it's related to CCP's silencing/intimidation of the Chinese diaspora via its access to their family/friends in China. Will he Foreign Interference Commission address this?

— Robert Kraychik (@rkraychik) February 2, 2024

The lawyers for these NGOs - Human Rights Action Group and Russian Canadian Democratic Alliance (@HRActionGroup and @rcda_adcr) - aren't presenting any instances/allegations/evidence of intimidation from foreign states against ethnicities they claim to represent/defend in Canada.

— Robert Kraychik (@rkraychik) February 2, 2024

Michael Chong's lawyer says the federal government failed to protect his client and didn't share information related to CCP influence operations targeting him. "Something has clearly gone wrong despite the expertise [of intelligence officials]," he adds.

— Robert Kraychik (@rkraychik) February 2, 2024

Representative for the Pillar Society - and organization founded by CSIS alumni - strangely links @Snowden to Kim Philby (a British spy compromised by the Soviet Union). He said Five Eyes' intelligence apparatus "survived both Kim Philby and Edward Snowden".

— Robert Kraychik (@rkraychik) February 2, 2024

Frustratingly, none of the lawyers for any of the participants - either with standing or as interveners - would speak with me fir a brief interview after proceedings ended. Maybe they're really defensive, maybe I'm not as charming as I think I am.

— Robert Kraychik (@rkraychik) February 2, 2024