Certain MPs, MPPs, and municipal politicians are known by Canadian intelligence to be paid by foreign agencies, a former senior officer for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) says.
Michel Juneau-Katsuya appeared before the House of Commons Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on Aug. 9 where he said that Canadian intelligence agencies such as CSIS and the RCMP have had to closely monitor politicians known to be working for foreign entities.
“We have had to surveil parliamentarians because there are parliamentarians at all levels—whether it’s municipal, provincial, or federal—that are being paid by foreign governments and that are not necessarily acting in the interests of Canada,” said Juneau-Katsuya….