I mean, the article selectively used quotes from PCO, and not CSIS. Actual story is much less rosey (unless through LPC-tinted glasses): Content was "loosely positive" and "fairly laudatory". Over the top positively would be easily flagged as IO campaign support, this is the kind of surreptitious support that we've been warned about. Maybe it's why it took 5 days for a CCP-aligned current MP and candidate to resign without any action from Carney but to waive an incident that the RCMP is investigating away. Also note these posts were detected pre and immediately post writ dropping.
CCP-linked account on WeChat circulated article that chronicled praise of Carney as “rock star economist” and “only adult in the room”
www.theglobeandmail.com
Canada’s electoral inference watchdog says the Chinese government is behind recent campaigns to influence views of Mark Carney.
nationalpost.com
I wish I had the luxury of a sarcasm emoji, but some of us with clear heads have
serious concerns about the deep CCP support inside the LPC. Where there's smoke there's fire.