Chrystia Freeland's leadership campaign has been targeted by "co-ordinated and malicious activity" traced back to a WeChat account accused of having ties to the Chinese government, according to the task force set up to monitor foreign election interference.

OTTAWA — The federal elections monitoring task force says the Chinese government appears to be behind a “coordinated and malicious” disparagement campaign against Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland on China’s largest social media platform.

Global Affairs Canada says a foreign campaign linked to China is targetting Chrystia Freeland's bid to become the leader of Liberal Party of Canada.