Canada a 'high-priority' target for Chinese interference, CSIS doc tells Hogue inquiry

Canada was considered a "high-priority" target for Chinese interference ahead of the 2021 election, according to a top-secret intelligence assessment viewed by the Hogue commission inquiry on Thursday.

Canada a 'high-priority' target for Chinese interference, CSIS doc tells Hogue inquiry
David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Agency, appears at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions hearings, in Ottawa on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024.

Canada was considered a "high-priority" target for Chinese interference ahead of the 2021 election, according to a top-secret intelligence assessment viewed by the Hogue commission inquiry on Thursday.