An advocacy group is calling for the police, as well as ethics and election watchdogs, to conduct independent investigations into allegations of foreign collusion involving Canadian parliamentarians, saying public rulings should be issued for each case to ensure transparency and accountability.
Democracy Watch issued the call in a June 27 statement, addressing the “Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions” released this month by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP). The report said that some MPs and Senators knowingly aided foreign states in efforts to influence Canadian politics, with China and India identified as the foreign states.
