National Security and Intelligence Advisor Jody Thomas gave her perspective on June 1 as to why intelligence about threats to MPs was not briefed to any relevant minister.
Thomas, who wasn’t in her current role at the time, told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs that a “breakdown in process” was to blame.
A 2021 assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) on the Chinese regime targeting MPs was never briefed to any minister. The issue only came to light after The Globe and Mail reported on the leaked document on May 1.
Thomas mentioned the “breakdown” in response to a question from Conservative MP Michael Cooper who asked whether this event showed a “colossal breakdown of the machinery of government under this prime minister’s watch.”…