Election monitors during the 2021 federal election were aware that Beijing attempted to help Liberal Party candidates get elected, according a document presented to the foreign interference inquiry.

A confidential memo released April 8 by the foreign interference commission entitled “After Action Report: 2021 Federal Election,” was prepared by the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force in December 2021.

The document said that “the People’s Republic of China preferred to support Liberal Party of Canada candidates and oppose the Conservative Party of Canada.”