Foreign interference didn’t damage our democratic institutions—our institutions did it to themselves

The needless secrecy, selective leaks, political theatre, dark undertone of racism, and the gullible media who ate it up stoked the fears of foreign interference and did harm.

If you read the final report of Foreign Interference Commission chair Marie-Josée Hogue closely, you’ll see the failures lie with politicians, civil servants, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, and the media, writes Mark Johnson.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MARK JOHNSON

April 16, 2025

As Canadians plow through another election, the issue of foreign interference is arising ag...

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