A group of Canadian MPs knowingly engage in actions that can be considered foreign interference, the former head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) says.
The comment is similar to a conclusion reached by a group of lawmakers with security clearance on the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) who said in June some parliamentarians have been “wittingly” working with foreign actors.
The comments by the former chief of the CSIS, David Vigneault, were made in a private hearing (in camera) to the Foreign Interference Commission conducted in August. The comments, along with remarks made by the current CSIS leadership team at the hearing, were captured in an unclassified summary report made public by the commission on Sept. 27….