Elections Canada says it cannot refute an affidavit by former two-term MP Leona Alleslev (Aurora-Oak Ridges, Ont.) stating it unwittingly hired Chinese Communist Party agents as poll workers in the 2021 campaign. Alleslev in a sworn statement said she received complaints from Chinese Canadian electors who said they were too frightened to vote: “Half the Chinese Canadian constituents she canvassed would tell Ms. Alleslev they were afraid to vote for her because they feared repercussions.”