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‘We’re Close to Treason’: Former CSIS Officer Decries Lack of Accountability On Foreign Interference

A former officer with Canada’s spy agency says that individuals involved in the political process should have to declare they will not cooperate with a foreign power, adding that they should serve jail time if caught doing so. “Because we’re close to treason here, literally,” said Michel Juneau-Katsuya, former chief of the Asia-Pacific Unit within…


Panel Says Foreign Interference Didn’t Impact 2021 Election Integrity

A panel of senior federal employees examining foreign meddling in Canadian elections has concluded that the integrity of the 2021 federal election wasn’t impacted by foreign interference. In a Feb. 28 news release, the minister for Democratic Institutions said the panel “did not detect foreign interference that threatened Canada’s ability to have a free and fair election”…