Campaign managers for the Conservative Party in the last election have heavily criticized processes put in place by the government to defend against interference, saying concerns raised were met with indifference.
“Political parties cannot formulate public policy under threat that they are going to possibly lose ridings based on foreign influence, because of at least a perception of a weak security infrastructure,” said Walied Soliman, chair of law firm Norton Rose Fulbright Canada.
Soliman, who was campaign co-chair for the Conservative Party in 2021, testified before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) on May 18 and said he had raised two specific issues with the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections (SITE) Task Force….