Green Party Leader Elizabeth May urged colleague MPs not to advocate for the release of names of parliamentarians reportedly involved in foreign interference, saying doing so would jeopardize national security, and that to her knowledge, no lawmakers are “compromised.”
May made the comments during a rare appearance at the House of Commons public safety committee on Oct. 18. Back in June, she had provided different information, saying that fewer than a handful of MPs “may be compromised” after she read a bombshell report from a national security watchdog committee composed of MPs and senators.
The public safety committee was meeting urgently to discuss starting a new study on India’s interference in Canada. Canada expelled six Indian diplomats this week amid allegations from the RCMP that Indian government agents were involved in “serious criminal activity” in Canada including murder and extortion….