‘Regret to Inform You’: CSIS Briefed Liberal Party Again in 2021 Over Foreign Interference

Canada’s spy agency provided a sensitive briefing to the Liberal Party about foreign interference a few days before the 2021 elections, according to a document released during the foreign interference inquiry on April 8. “Importantly, we regret having to inform you of this activity and, again, understand the difficulties associated with the limitations of what you can do with it,” reads the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) briefing delivered to representatives from the Liberal Party on Sept. 12, 2021. The briefing was destined to Liberal Party officials Azam Ishmael and Braeden Caley. “It is being provided for your awareness and action based on your judgement, while respecting the restrictions that have been discussed in the political party briefing forums on sharing classified intelligence,” it says....