The director of Canada’s spy agency told MPs that the proper protocol had been followed to pass information to the minister of public safety on Beijing threats to parliamentarians, contradicting the minister’s previous testimony.
“My understanding of how the information flows from an agency to the minister is that this is sent to the department—in this case, the Department of Public Safety,” said David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS).
Vigneault said the minister doesn’t directly receive the information via electronic means, but that CSIS sends it via a secure communications channel to the department for onward transmission to the minister….