Three federal departments have confirmed that their senior leadership was provided with an intelligence assessment from Canada’s spy agency that highlighted the Chinese regime’s attempt to target MPs.
The information is highlighted in an order paper filed with the government by Conservative MP Michael Chong on May 5—four days after the Globe and Mail published a report on the classified assessment and identified Chong as a target of Beijing.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had initially said on May 3 that he had learned about the issue from the Globe report and that the information had never left the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)….