Deputy PM unwilling to commit to removing Liberal MPs if they were found to have been involved in foreign interference
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on June 4.
The national-security committee report Monday is the latest to outline deficiencies in how the government addresses meddling by foreign powers in Canadian democracy.
The national-security committee also reported Monday that some parliamentarians are “accepting knowingly, or through willful blindness, funds or benefits from foreign missions or their proxies which have been layered or otherwise disguised to conceal their source.” “We strongly condemn any parliamentarian that would betray Canada in favour of a foreign state. Parliamentarians’ duty is to the people of Canada,” he said.
“Parties should be informed if there are these concerns. I don’t think it is unreasonable for parties to tap certain parliamentarians on the shoulder and ask if they are aware of the origins or consequences of their actions. Ultimately, they decide who the candidates are, not national-security agencies.”
Ward Elcock, a former director of CSIS between 1994 and 2004, said there are numerous reasons why Canada might not prosecute parliamentarians colluding with foreign powers.
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