As allegations arose of outside meddling in the past U.S. election, Canadian spies prepared to warn their politicians that the north of the border is not immune to external interference, and in their hallways of power, too, the smell of foreign spooks lurk.
Russia and China could be trying to influence you, to use you and your staff to advance their causes, to induce you with “free travel or financial contributions” and if the carrot fails, to apply “coercion based on some observed exploitable personal or family weakness,” Canada’s then-spy chief Michel Coulombe said in prepared remarks for separate briefings to …read more
Source: Macleans
