MPs Working With Foreign States a ‘Grave Problem,’ Internal Review Necessary: Freeland

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has raised concerns that MPs could be involved with foreign states seeking to undermine Canada’s democracy, and says an internal review will be conducted. Ms. Freeland was pressed repeatedly by reporters June 4 in relation to the recently released report by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP). The report says that unnamed Members of Parliament “began wittingly assisting foreign state actors soon after their election.” The wide-ranging report by NSICOP on foreign interference had been commissioned by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March 2023. He was under pressure at the time to address the threat amid multiple intelligence leaks in the press depicting widespread interference by Beijing....