Pierre Poilievre pressed Justin Trudeau on a report that CSIS warned Ottawa that Chinese money was going to Canadian election candidates.
“As both myself and the NSA stated last fall, we have no information on any federal candidates receiving money from China, and that continues to remain the case.”Trudeau announces investigations into foreign interference including committee, special rapporteur
“Has CSIS warned the prime minister, his staff, his party or anyone else that any member of his current caucus or cabinet may be part of a foreign interference network? Yes or no?”This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Trudeau didn’t answer directly. He said it was hard to publicly discuss intelligence matters in the House of Commons.
Later, during Question Period, Poilievre returned to the question of illegal donations. He asked Trudeau if he was narrowly using the term candidates, opening the possibility that the illegal donations had gone to riding associations or parties. Trudeau leaned on the multiple processes underway to study interference. He said not all information could be released publicly to protect intelligence sources.
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