Federal election monitors were supposed to keep a lookout for Russian agents not Chinese, Government House Leader Karina Gould said yesterday. No Russian agents were ever found while cabinet received numerous warnings of illegal activities by the Communist Party of China.

“At the time in 2019 the primary focus was really on Russia,” Gould testified at the Commission on Foreign Interference. “Certainly Russia was something we were concerned about which is why we created this whole infrastructure to protect our elections,” she added.

“My job was to come up with a plan and a policy to try as best as possible to prevent foreign interference,” said Gould. “It doesn’t mean there weren’t ongoing attempts at foreign interference.”