Tag: Canadian Security and Intelligence Service

CSIS Concerned About Chinese Influence Operations Targeting Canadian Politicians, MPs Hear

November 2, 2022
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Agents of communist China are targeting Canadian parliamentarians and officials with foreign interference, a House committee heard from testimonies by officials in Canadian intelligence agencies. “We are very concerned about the targeting. We know that there is certainly a desire to target elected officials at all levels of government—municipal, provincial, federal,” Michelle Tessier, deputy director…

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Vancouver Mayor Briefed on Foreign Interference by Intelligence Agency’s ‘Expert on China’ Ahead of Municipal Election

June 25, 2022
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Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he was briefed by national intelligence officials on foreign interference ahead of the October municipal elections, with a senior official with Canadian Security and Intelligence Service who was “a subject expert on China” meeting with him and his co-chief of staff, according to the  Vancouver Sun. “They briefed me for almost…

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Canada’s Spy Agency Warns Parliamentarians of China’s Influence Operations

January 12, 2022
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For the first time, Canada’s intelligence agency is briefing individual parliamentarians who could be targeted by the clandestine influence operations conducted by China and other authoritarian regimes. John Townsend, a spokesperson for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), told The Globe and Mail that the agency is increasingly alarmed by efforts by Beijing and its…

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Beware Bribes and Blackmail Amid Elections, CSIS Warns

July 27, 2021
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An unclassified report by Canada’s lead national security agency warns that foreign state actors use bribery, blackmail, and threats to influence politics—tactics that one Canadian policy expert can personally attest to. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) recently released a 17-page report, titled “Foreign Interference: Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process,” that warned politicians and the public…

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Officials at Risk of Becoming Targets if CSIS Warning of Foreign Interference Threat Ignored, Says Policy Expert

July 27, 2021
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An unclassified report by Canada’s lead national security agency warns that foreign state actors use bribery, blackmail, and threats to influence politics—tactics that one Canadian policy expert can personally attest to. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) recently released a 17-page report, titled “Foreign Interference: Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process,” that warned politicians and the public…

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