Bill Blair tells foreign interference inquiry he didn’t know about delayed CSIS warrant

A past report and a lawyer at the inquiry have suggested the subject of the warrant was Michael Chan, an influential Liberal Party member

OTTAWA — Former public safety minister Bill Blair told a federal inquiry Friday he had no knowledge about delays in approving a spy service warrant in 2021 that may have included references to people in his own government.

A commission of inquiry into foreign interference has heard that it took 54 days for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warrant application to be approved by Blair.