Top spy suggests leakers are unhappy with PM’s handling of Chinese interference
The head of Canada’s spy service says an investigation is under way to find the leakers of highly classified information on Chinese election interference, and suggested the whistleblowers may have been frustrated with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of Beijing’s intrusion into the democratic process.
Mr. Vigneault told the committee that CSIS has internal processes for intelligence officers to air their concerns about how CSIS investigations of foreign-interference operations have been dealt with by the federal government. Mr. Vigneault assured MPs that CSIS takes “all allegations of foreign interference seriously” but declined to discuss the documents viewed by The Globe that explain how Beijing sought to seek the return of a Liberal minority government and defeat Conservatives viewed as anti-China in the 2021 election.
“I will not be able to speak specifically about who may or may not have been the subject of interference,” he said. “For legal reasons, I cannot share that information.” However, Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault said the tactics used by China and its proxies are illegal but added that “none of the information in The Globe was shared with me” from CSIS. And while they may not have effected the outcome of the 2019 and 2021 elections, these activities cannot be dismissed.
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