Foreign Interference

Foreign Interference


CSIS tracked intelligence flow across government in foreign interference leak probe

Canada’s spy service tracked the flow of its intelligence reports across government and studied how other agencies handled them as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information about foreign interference, a newly released memo shows.  The Canadian Security Intelligence Service described the “tireless efforts” in the memo prepared for staff who were keen […]

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Elections boss says parties should run nominations, but possibly with tighter rules

Canada’s chief electoral officer is playing down any suggestion that Elections Canada should directly administer political nomination or leadership contests. During an appearance at a federal inquiry into foreign interference, Stéphane Perrault pointed to the importance of parties controlling their own processes and indicated his agency lacks the resources to administer such contests in any […]

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No foreign interference report more than one year after Liberal government re elected

OTTAWA — Canadians still do not have access to an assessment of the work done by a panel tasked with flagging incidents of foreign interference during the last election in 2021. The Critical Election Incident Public Protocol was created to monitor and report on threats to the 2019 election with a mandate to continue its […]

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