Unpacking NSICOP's Special Report: Foreign Interference in Canada

In this special edition of the Expert Series, experts discuss the implications of NSICOP’s Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions. The report, released by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, details serious allegations of parliamentarians collaborating with foreign actors. Steven Chase from the Globe and Mail, former CSIS director Dick Fadden, and CIGI Senior Fellow Wesley Wark join the discussion to analyze the report's findings, the implications of parliamentarians' involvement in foreign interference operations, assess the current state of foreign interference and explore proactive strategies and mechanisms to safeguard Canadian democracy.

[@corneliuchisu4950]

Missing the point. Public service require security clearance. Candidates and MP are not required. If you are an MP and for example on the defence committee and doing a study you can not have access to confidential documents. So what kind of study they are doing? Security clearence and training on handling confidential documents must be compulsory for candidates and MPs

[@libshastra]

Your point taken, nonetheless there needs to be deep reform in Canada's National Security apparatus. PMO has too much power and very little accountability. Right now, everyone outside the PMO is stuck in a legal catch 22 and hence we are seeing a circus on this file.