The Foreign Interference Commission says it received repeated calls from Canadians during its public consultations to release the names of parliamentarians allegedly involved in foreign interference.
A Jan. 16 report summarizing petition and questionnaire answers received by the commission said participants called for greater transparency around “the approach taken by Canada’s politicians to foreign interference issues,” as first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter.
The report cited concerns from respondents that politicians may “downplay” CSIS intelligence when it relates to politicians. Respondents also called for the “investigation, public identification, and punishment of compromised actors within Canada’s politicians.”
“Canada should investigate elected and appointed government officials and public servants who may be passively or actively engaged in foreign interference,” the commission wrote in summarizing the concerns it received….