Tag: Foreign interference Canada

Foreign-Interference Office Coming ‘Soon’ but Not yet Ready to Launch: Mendicino

April 27, 2023
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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign–interference office they promised in last month’s federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegations that Beijing interfered in recent federal elections. “The work has already started,” Mendicino said in French during Thursday testimony to the House of Commons procedure committee. He…

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Michael Taube: Ottawa’s ‘Special Rapporteur’ to Look Into Foreign Interference Won’t Be So Special

March 12, 2023
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Commentary For weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the Liberals minimized, claimed ignorance, or flat-out denied various allegations of foreign interference in Canada’s election process and its democratic institutions. But the court of public opinion could only absorb so much nonsense about a long-standing, decades-old problem and ruled against them. Ottawa is now scurrying to…

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Trudeau Rejects Calls for Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference as Opposition Parties Unite

March 1, 2023
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau repeated on March 1 that he doesn’t support launching a public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference in Canadian elections as the three main opposition parties have now requested. He said in a news conference that there are already “an awful lot of mechanisms that are underway right now, determining what kind…

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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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