David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Agency, appears at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions hearings, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.
The head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service issued a burn notice for an intelligence assessment about possible foreign interference in a Toronto Liberal nomination race, according to a document tabled in the public inquiry into foreign interference.David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Agency, appears at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions hearings, in Ottawa on Feb. 1.
It was prepared in October 2019 and disseminated to senior government officials, including Canada's national security and intelligence advisor , who is tasked with advising the prime minister on national security issues. The commission has not heard what was wrong with the report. The commission is tasked with examining what effect, if any, foreign states had on influencing the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
Dong accused Global of publishing "a series of false, malicious, irresponsible and defamatory" stories about the MP, and sued the news organization for $15 million in damages. The CSIS document warned that not all intelligence was substantiated — and national security experts have repeatedly warned that intelligence cannot be taken as fact — but said some reporting indicated that buses were used to bring international students to the nomination event in support of Dong, and that students may have been provided with falsified documents allowing them to vote, despite not living in the riding.
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