By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 11, 2024 2:36 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and members of his inner circle are slated to return to a federal inquiry into foreign interference in coming weeks. A newly published provisional witness list for the next … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size U.S. intelligence officials said Monday they were confident that Iran was responsible for the hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, casting the cyber intrusion as part of a brazen and broader effort by Tehran to interfere in American politics and undermine faith in democratic institutions. Although the Trump campaign and … Read more
The Liberal government says measures to monitor and assess foreign interference threats will be part of all future federal byelections, not just general elections. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Monday the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force will be watching for signs of meddling in two September byelections, one in Quebec, the … Read more
Three days before the start of the 2024 Olympics, France’s interior minister said about 1,000 people suspected of possibly meddling for a foreign power have been blocked from attending the Olympics — one of the security challenges that Paris is cracking down on in its goal to keep Games safe for athletes and fans. About … Read more
By Jillian Piper Global News Posted July 18, 2024 4:42 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet told Global News Thursday that he has not submitted the necessary paperwork to read the full version of a top-secret report into parliamentarians engaging in suspected foreign interference … Read more
A large majority of Canadians have been exposed to Russian false narratives about the war in Ukraine — and people who support the Conservative Party are more susceptible to believing Kremlin disinformation, according to a new report. A survey from DisinfoWatch, part of the MacDonald-Laurier Institute think tank, found that 71 per cent of Canadians … Read more
The head of Canada’s national police force waded into a deepening political debate about whether to name parliamentarians who are allegedly helping foreign governments, something opposition MPs have called for. RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme urged “caution,” warning that revealing their identities could have unintended consequences. “There are people’s lives that could be at risk because … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted June 20, 2024 10:28 am Updated June 20, 2024 10:29 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Senate has passed a government bill intended to help deter, investigate and punish foreign interference. Senators approved the legislation late Wednesday after voting down a proposed … Read more
After saying two weeks ago that an “internal followup” would review allegations of parliamentarians colluding with foreign states, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland offered little information when asked Tuesday what that could look like. On June 4, a day after the release of a startling national security report alleging federal politicians are “wittingly” helping other governments, … Read more
The public inquiry into foreign interference will probe explosive allegations parliamentarians “wittingly” helped foreign governments and demonstrated behaviour that one federal leader said could be described as “dumb, unethical” or “foolish.” “The Commission takes note of the government’s decision to resort to the process of an independent commission of inquiry to shed light on the … Read more
