REPORT: Canadian Parliament members 'wittingly' aid foreign nations to influence national politics
Foreign states developed clandestine networks ... to gain undisclosed influence and leverage over nomination processes, elections, parliamentary business and government decision-making
In a comprehensive and shocking report released publicly in early June, a non-partisan, federal government committee described how “elected officials” are “wittingly” controlled by foreign states and are expected to engage in espionage in exchange for “favors” from their host nations.
The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians originally released the “Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions” to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 24, 2024. The public version is heavily censored and none of the people and organizations listed in the original as being in the pocket of foreign governments are named.