| MORE RED CHINESE ELECTION INTERFERENCE: Joe Tay’s Campaign Becomes a Flashpoint for Suspected Voter Intimidation in Canada Canadian police initiated review of campaign complaint.Sam CooperApr 29 TORONTO, Canada — In one of the most closely scrutinized races of Canada’s 2025 federal election, Joseph Tay—the Conservative candidate identified by federal authorities as the target of aggressive Chinese election interference operations—was defeated Monday night in Don Valley North by Liberal Maggie Chi, following a campaign marred by threats, suspected intimidation, and digital suppression efforts.The Bureau has learned that Canadian police last week reviewed complaints alleging that members of Tay’s campaign team were shadowed in an intimidating manner while canvassing in the final days of the race. The status of the incident review remains unclear.With over 20,000 votes—a 43 percent share compared to 53 percent for Liberal Maggie Chi—Tay nearly doubled the Conservative Party’s 2021 vote total of 12,098 in this riding.Last Monday, federal intelligence officials disclosed that Tay was the subject of a highly coordinated transnational repression operation tied to the People’s Republic of China. The campaign aimed to discredit his candidacy and suppress Chinese Canadian voters’ access to his messaging through cyber and information operations.That same day, federal police advised Tay to suspend door-to-door canvassing, according to two sources with direct knowledge, citing safety concerns. Several days later, Tay’s campaign reported to police that a man had been trailing a door-knocking team in a threatening manner in a Don Valley North neighbourhood.Following The Bureau’s reporting, the New York Times wrote on Sunday: “Fearing for his safety, Mr. Tay… has waged perhaps the quietest campaign of any candidate competing in the election. The attacks on Mr. Tay have sought to influence the outcome of the race in Don Valley North, a district with a large Chinese diaspora in Toronto, in what is the most vote-rich region in Canada.”In a twist, in neighbouring Markham–Unionville, Peter Yuen—the Liberal candidate who replaced former MP Paul Chiang, who had made controversial remarks about Tay being turned over to Chinese officials—was defeated by Conservative candidate Michael Ma. According to Elections Canada’s results, Ma secured the riding by about 2,000 votes.Tay and his campaign team had conducted extensive groundwork in Markham–Unionville earlier this year, where he publicly announced his intention to seek the Conservative nomination in January. However, the party ultimately assigned him on March 24 to Don Valley North—a riding that, according to the 2024 report of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), was the site of serious foreign interference by the People’s Republic of China during the 2019 election.At 2 a.m., Tay posted a message to X thanking supporters: “By God’s grace, though we did not win tonight, we have already won something far greater—the courage to stand, to speak, and to dream together.” Signaling he may run again, Tay added: “Our journey does not end here. I remain committed to upholding Canadian values—freedom, respect, and community—and will continue to serve and help build a wholesome, principled community in every way I can.”Last Monday, SITE—Canada’s election-threat monitoring task force—confirmed that Tay was the target of a coordinated online disinformation campaign, warning in briefing materials that “this was not about a single post” but a “deliberate, persistent campaign” designed to distort visibility and suppress legitimate discourse among Chinese-speaking voters. The tactics bore striking resemblance to interference allegations uncovered by The Bureau during the 2021 federal election, when Conservative MP Bob Saroya was unseated in Markham–Unionville amid allegations that operatives linked to the Chinese government had shadowed Saroya, surveilled his campaign, and sought to intimidate voters. Senior Conservative officials said CSIS provided briefings at the time warning of what they described as “coordinated and alarming” surveillance efforts.In Tay’s case, official sources confirmed that Chinese-language platforms circulated disinformation framing him as a fugitive, invoking his Hong Kong National Security Law bounty—set at $180,000 CAD—to portray his candidacy as a threat to Canada .Earlier this month, The Bureau reported that former Liberal MP Paul Chiang—who defeated Conservative incumbent Bob Saroya in 2021—withdrew as a candidate after the RCMP opened a review into remarks he made suggesting that Joe Tay’s election could spark “great controversy” for Canada because of Hong Kong’s national security charges, and that Tay could be handed over to the Chinese consulate to collect a bounty. Chiang later apologized, describing the comments as a poorly judged joke. However, prominent diaspora organizations and human rights groups condemned the remarks as a disturbing example of rhetoric echoing transnational repression. According to SITE assessments reviewed by The Bureau, coordinated suppression efforts were particularly acute in Don Valley North, where Tay’s online visibility was sharply curtailed across Chinese-language social media ecosystems.The status of the RCMP’s review into Chiang’s remarks—and a separate complaint to Toronto police alleging that Tay’s campaign staff may have been intimidated while canvassing—remains unclear.With Mark Carney’s Liberals securing a narrow minority and Canada’s political landscape growing increasingly polarized—against the backdrop of an intensifying cold war between Washington and Beijing—some pundits predict voters could be heading back to the polls sooner than expected. Whether election threat reviewers will now dig deeper into China’s suspected interference in this and other ridings remains an open question |
Monthly Archives: April 2025
Wolfgang Walter Droege, September 25, 1949 – April 13, 2005
Wolfgang Droege founded the Heritage Front in Toronto in 1989. It was an active group and put White Nationalism on the map in Canada, garnering reams of publicity and condemnation. Wolfgang had been a close associate of Representative Dr. David Duke. He strove to activate White Nationalism in Canada. He created a group that attracted many young people by rock music and which stood for equal rights for Whites in the face of anti-White discrimination in jobs and poisonous anti-White hatred taught in schools.Mr. Droege was personally loyal to a fault and sometimes trusted people he shouldn’t have. He inspired a fierce loyalty which remains decades after his death.CSIS had an agent waiting for him when he returned to Canada in 1989. This agent, acting for and elite that fears any resurgence of real nationalism, played a key role in leading the HF into violence.On April 13, Wolfgang — Wolf to his friends — was assassinated by a disturbed drug addict who may well have been inspired by dark forces and rivalry.The sort of loyalty Mr. Droege inspired can been seen in the following:
Twenty years passed since that tragic day…so, rest in peace, dear Wolf, and God bless you forever.
Forever you`ll be in our memory as, like Max stated back in April, 2005, Michelangelo of our epoch. As a true friend and comrade, as an adventurer and soldier of fortune, as a farsighted political leader, courageous and true patriot of our Race, as a real man of honor, unique individual, with all your advantages and, who doesnt`t have them, disadvantages.
Alas, I did`t know you personally (although strange thing, related to you, happened to me back in April 2005, Max knows). But now I know about you, perhaps, even more than quite a few members of our Movement in Canada or the States. Right now, while writing this, I am proudly weearing your black t shirt, with the Heritage Front` logo, and, while wearing your other t shirts, your belts, taking your bag, reading your archive documents, watching the great collection of your photos. I am feeling your invisible presence behind me, and this spiritual bond between us, which I cherish very much.
You smiled a lot, my dear friend, whom I never met, as though telling us, like Blue Oyster Cult sings, DON`T FEAR THE REAPER.
We`ll meet someday in another, much better world.
Yours ever,
Alex.