By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 2, 2024 7:42 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A commission of inquiry into foreign interference will hear from Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc Friday, as it looks for ways to make as much information public as possible. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue and … Read more
A “significant” spike in threats to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other senior public figures during the 2021 federal election led to concerns that domestic extremist groups and anti-vaccine protestors could pose a threat to the vote, newly-released documents suggest. The documents, prepared by a multi-agency committee tasked with safeguarding federal elections from interference, show … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 1, 2024 7:22 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A commission of inquiry into foreign interference will hear from national security officials Thursday as it looks for ways to be transparent about a highly sensitive subject. David Vigneault, director of the Canadian … Read more
Three of Canada’s former spy chiefs are encouraging the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference to challenge government censorship of national security information. While many national security secrets must necessarily remain secret, former heads of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) said the inquiry should challenge government secrecy around certain … Read more
The long-awaited public inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian politics is set to begin Monday with hearings on how much information it can, in fact, make public. Justice Marie-Josée Hogue’s inquiry, facing tight timelines to report on a complex national security issue, is scheduled to hold five days of hearings beginning Jan. 29. The inquiry … Read more
The highly anticipated public inquiry into foreign election interference is set to begin Monday, examining how countries like China, Russia and India may have tried to meddle in Canadian democracy. But some national security experts warn Iran’s growing influence may be missed, despite how far the regime has “spread its tentacles” in Canada. “Any country … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 24, 2024 11:32 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal commission of inquiry into foreign interference is looking to examine alleged meddling by India in the last two general elections. In a statement today, the commission says it has asked the … Read more
The Canadian government is publicly naming 85 Chinese research institutions that “may pose” a threat to national security and sensitive research. The list, published Tuesday afternoon, also includes 12 Iranian and six Russian organizations the Canadian government believes have ties to “military, national defence or state security entities.” The listing is part of a push to … Read more
For more than a year, Canada has been mulling the creation of a foreign agent registry to fight interference in the country’s democratic processes. The Liberal government and even some firm supporters of the idea acknowledge such a registry would be just one of several tools to prevent hostile actors from meddling in Canadian affairs. … Read more
Canada’s public inquiry into foreign interference has set the dates for its public hearings, the federal government announced on Friday. The hearings are the first of two expected to take place in 2024 and are part of the inquiry into allegations of interference from China, Russia and other foreign actors and any impact they had … Read more
