Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians should be wary of political leaders who say their parties haven’t been compromised by foreign interference.
In an exclusive interview with CBC News, PM says interference ‘goes beyond party lines’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians should be wary of political leaders who say their parties haven’t been compromised by foreign interference.
Last week — after reading the classified, unredacted version of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) report — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh suggested to reporters that he didn’t have to worry about members of his caucus.
In an interview with CBC’s Power & Politics on Monday, Trudeau questioned that assertion.
“I didn’t know Jagmeet said that,” said the prime minister after a pause.”I would be wary of any party leader drawing any sort of conclusion like that.”
Two weeks ago, NSICOP — a cross-partisan committee of MPs and senators — released a heavily blacked-out document alleging, based on intelligence, that some parliamentarians have been “semi-witting or witting” participants in the efforts of foreign states to interfere in Canadian politics.
Trudeau did not answer when asked whether members of his party were named in the NSICOP report.
“I am implying that interference in our parliamentarians goes beyond party lines, from many different sources,” he told host David Cochrane.
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