More transparency, addressing ‘epidemic of over-classification’ needed to tackle decades-long foreign election interference issues, say national security experts

Royal Military College of Canada professor Christian Leuprecht called Beijing's subversion 'the single greatest threat to Canada’s sovereignty and democratic way of life today.'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, former deputy chief of staff to prime minister Stephen Harper Jenni Byrne, and Conservative MP Michael Chong. MPs heard from many national security experts at committee last week as the government continues to probe alleged foreign election interference.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY MIKE LAPOINTE, TAYLOR O’BRIEN

May 15, 2023

As MPs continue to probe China's alleged foreign electoral interference, which has led to the expulsion of diplomats in both Canada and China, national security experts—including one who says the problem has been known for decades—say solutions lie in better transparency...

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