Interim director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Vanessa Lloyd waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security (SECU) on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Aug. 28, 2024. Current and former officials of Canada's spy agency appeared Friday at a federal inquiry into foreign interference.Photo by PATRICK DOYLE/THE CANADIAN PRESS

A former parliamentarian may have worked on behalf of a foreign government, CSIS says

CSIS also cited indications that a foreign government meddled to reduce the likelihood of a specific Liberal candidate of being elected federally

by · National Post

OTTAWA — A former parliamentarian is suspected of “having worked to influence parliamentary business” on behalf of an unnamed foreign government, Canada’s spy service told a federal inquiry Friday.

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service also cited indications that an unspecified foreign government engaged in meddling to reduce the likelihood of a specific Liberal candidate of being elected federally.

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