‘So damn offensive’: NSICOP and Hogue findings on media raise serious concern about covert targeting of Canadian journalists

If foreign powers can convince mainstream Canadian media to report a message they wish to advance 'it's quite dangerous' because it lends 'credibility to the entire narrative,’ said MLI’s Marcus Kolga.
Reporters scrum Liberal MP David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, before the Liberal caucus meeting in West Block on June 12.

Covertly placing narratives in Canadian media that forward the interests of foreign states is an “ultimate goal of foreign influence and information operations,” and the findings on this topic in two recent national security reports should be of top concern, says disinfo...

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