Conservative candidate target of ‘transnational repression operation’: task force

The campaign includes posts on multiple social media platforms, including Facebook, WeChat, TikTok, ReNote and the sister app of TikTok for the Chinese market, Douyin Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on Parliament Today, a Village Media newsletter devoted exclusively to covering federal politics. A Toronto-area Conservative candidate has been the target of a “transnational repression operation” meant to discredit their political run and silence criticism, security officials are warning. At a weekly briefing, members of the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) task force told reporters the target of the campaign is the Conservative candidate for Don Valley…