The head of Canada’s spy service says an investigation is under way to find the leakers of highly classified information on Chinese election interference, and suggested the whistleblowers may have been frustrated with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s handling of Beijing’s intrusion into the democratic process.
Appearing before a Commons committee investigating Chinese interference, David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, declined to answer questions about whether the government ignored warnings of China’s influence operations in the 2019 and 2021 elections.
Mr. Vigneault faced queries about whether there are any tensions between CSIS and the Prime Minister’s Office.
“There is an investigation under way by CSIS and our partners regarding the sources of the information, the leaks,” he told MPs. Noting that Canada is a democracy, the director added: “There are means that exist already for people to express their discontent regarding relations with the Prime Minister’s Office.”
Mr. Vigneault told the committee that CSIS has internal processes for intelligence officers to air their concerns about how CSIS investigations of foreign-interference operations have been dealt with by the federal government.
“In an intelligence agency like ours, there are always different points of view and very serious discussions,” he said, when asked by Bloc Québécois MP Christine Normandin whether leaks to The Globe and Mail and Global News reflect internal CSIS...
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