CANADIANS want to know who are the MPs who “worked to influence their
colleagues on India’s behalf and proactively provided confidential information to Indian officials,” as mentioned in the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ Special Report on Foreign Interference in Canada’s Democratic Processes and Institutions in connection to interference by the People’s Republic of China and other countries in the federal elections of 2019 and 2021.
This document is a revised version of the Special Report provided to the Prime Minister on
March 22, 2024.
Although the report is mostly on interference by the People’s Republic of China (PRC), it also mentions Indian and Pakistani interference.
The report states: “Some elected officials, however, began wittingly assisting foreign state actors soon after their election. [*** Three sentences were deleted to remove injurious or privileged information. The sentences described examples of members of Parliament who worked to influence their colleagues on India’s behalf and proactively provided confidential information to Indian officials.***]
The report explains that “where information could not simply be removed without affecting the readability of the document, the Committee revised the document to summarize the information that was removed. Those sections are marked with three asterisks at the beginning and the end of the summary, and the summary is enclosed by square brackets.”
The report also states:
“[*** This paragraph was deleted to remove injurious or privileged information. The paragraph described how India also takes advantage of networks and developed and built a network of contacts through whom it conducts interference activities, including journalists, members of ethnocultural communities and some members of Parliament. ***]”
The report refers to “Case Study #3: India *** funneled funds to some federal candidates ***
It says: “[*** Four paragraphs were deleted to remove injurious or privileged information. This case study described an example of India likely reimbursing a proxy who had provided funds to candidates of two federal parties. It noted CSIS’s assessment that none of the candidates were aware the funds were from India, and that meetings between newly elected members of Parliament who had received funding and Indian officials were to take place. ***]
The report also mentions Pakistani interference:
“[*** This paragraph was deleted to remove injurious or privileged information. The paragraph described how Pakistan has engaged in foreign interference in provincial and federal politics. The paragraph described how Pakistan interfered in candidate nominations, worked to support a preferred candidate’s election, including to mobilize voters and to fundraise, and efforts by a security and intelligence organization to counter these activities. ***]
THE SPECIAL REPORT:
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(https://nsicop-cpsnr.ca/reports/rp-2024-06-03/special-report-foreign-interference.pdf)
