Canada report on foreign interference: no evidence of ‘traitors’ in parliament
Commission finds democratic institutions ‘robust in the face of foreign interference’ but some MPs behaved ‘naively’
Canada’s democratic institutions are “robust in the face of foreign interference” attempts and there is “no evidence of ‘traitors’” in the country’s parliament, a landmark report into election meddling has found.
But the commission’s lead said on Tuesday that the federal government should take steps to better safeguard democratic institutions and better inform the public of foreign interference threats.
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