Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his top security advisers for not providing him at the time with encompassing reports on Beijing’s interference, saying he didn’t learn anything substantial after reading them.
“There are some interesting factoids or tidbits in there that I said, ‘Oh, okay, that’s interesting,’” Trudeau testified at the Foreign Interference Commission on Oct. 16.
“None of them significantly altered, or altered at all my perception of China’s behaviour, China’s focus, China’s engagement, influence, and in some cases, interference in Canada, to any significant degree.”
The prime minister was being asked to comment on a report by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) discussing how China targets parliamentarians in Canada….