‘Really unfortunate that NSICOP has been so politicized,’ says PM’s former national security adviser amid China’s election interference concerns

'The prime minister knew full well that the practical, obvious solution to this problem was one that that wasn’t going to fly on its own, and therefore had to create a triple-headed review enterprise,' says national security expert Wesley Wark.

Top, from left to right: Liberal MP and chair of NSICOP David McGuinty, Liberal MPs Iqra Khalid, Patricia Lattanzio, and James Maloney, as well as Senator Frances Larkin. Above, from left to right, Bloc Québécois MP Stéphane Bergeron, NDP MP Don Davies, and Conservative MPs Rob Morrison and Alex Ruff.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, photographs courtesy of Twitter, LinkedIn

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE

March 20, 2023

Following weeks of reports surrounding alleged Chinese interference into Canadian elections at all levels of government, national security experts say that although they have faith in the work expected from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians...

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