Security briefings for political parties not meant to reveal specific intelligence, inquiry hears

Members of a government task force monitoring foreign interference in the 2021 federal election say their briefings to political parties were never supposed to reveal specific or actionable intelligence, the Foreign Interference Commission heard Friday.

Security briefings for political parties not meant to reveal specific intelligence, inquiry hears
Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue listens during the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 2, 2024.

Members of a government task force monitoring foreign interference in the 2021 federal election say their briefings to political parties were never supposed to reveal specific or actionable intelligence, the Foreign Interference Commission heard Friday.