As a giant of industry and the world’s richest man, Elon Musk wields influence across the global economy. He’s leveraging that success to extend his influence into the democratic process in Canada and elsewhere.

Elon Musk ’s “meddling” in politics and recent changes at Meta to eliminate fact-checking make Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre ’s promise to defund the CBC even more consequential, said Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge.

The X owner and tech billionaire has boosted far-right figures in Britain, Germany and Canada with a blizzard of social media posts in recent days.