Conservatives amended the motion to call for the inquiry to investigate the abuse of diaspora groups by hostile foreign governments.
They also argued that it would be irresponsible to divulge details pertaining to national security that would be accessible to foreign state actors which would want to meddle in Canada’s elections.
Morrison added that intelligence “rarely paints a full or concrete actionable picture” and cautioned against jumping to conclusions too easily. He gave the example of the “consensus view” in the early 2000s that former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, which ended up being inaccurate.Article content
“So this is why we are very concerned when we see this in the public domain because you need to have experts also be able to assess the specific information,” he said. “It is not because the information is in the media that I’m at liberty to confirm or deny the specific nature of classified information.”
The CSIS director answered “it’s one of the key elements of this whole question” and that “foreign interference is very complex.” Vigneault and Simard, like all the other officials invited in committee Thursday, remained tight-lipped in response to the pointed questions from MPs on specifics, which caused frustration among Conservative members.
Vigneault reiterated that CSIS continues to view hostile activities by foreign state actors as the “most significant strategic threat to Canada’s national security community” and that the national security agency takes all allegations of foreign interference very seriously.
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