The federal government has introduced new measures to protect against potential foreign interference in several byelections being held between June 19 and June 24, according to Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc.
Voters will head to the polls on June 19 for byelections in the Quebec riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount, the riding of Oxford in southern Ontario, the Winnipeg South Centre riding, and Portage–Lisgar, another Manitoba riding.
The fifth byelection will take place in the Alberta riding of Calgary Heritage on June 24.
LeBlanc’s department says the new measures include “enhanced monitoring and assessing” of potential threats by the Security and Intelligence Threats Task Force, which is comprised of CSIS, the RCMP, Global Affairs Canada, and the Communications Security Establishment….