ANALYSIS: Main Takeaways from the Foreign Interference Inquiry

Published on April 17, 2024

The foreign interference inquiry concluded its core public hearings phase on April 12 and a clearer picture has emerged of the threat Canada faces and what the government is doing about it. The Liberal government had initially resisted holding the inquiry but eventually folded amid political pressure following a steady stream of intelligence leaks in the media about interference from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Inquiry proceedings have revealed that those leaks, first published by Global News and The Globe and Mail, were essentially accurate. Leaks Confirmed Summaries of government intelligence disclosed publicly at the inquiry align with what the outlets reported, albeit with the omission of details such as the names of protagonists....

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