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No evidence of 'traitors' in Parliament conspiring with foreign states: public inquiry (www.cbc.ca)
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In her final report, released Tuesday, Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue wrote that although she has seen a few cases where a foreign state has attempted to curry favour with parliamentarians, "the phenomenon remains marginal and largely ineffective."

"While the states' attempts are troubling and there is some concerning conduct by parliamentarians, there is no cause for widespread alarm," she wrote.

She added that there is no evidence to suggest that parliamentarians owe their successful elections to foreign entities and she is "not aware of any federal legislation, regulations or policies that have been enacted or repealed on account of foreign interference."

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[–] Rentlar 10 points 2 days ago

The main foreign interference, which is clearer now than ever, is from the anti-Canadian large social media network owners peddling influence on us.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

She did note that there are legitimate concerns about some parliamentarians potentially having problematic relationships with foreign officials, exercising poor judgment, behaving naively and perhaps displaying questionable ethics.

"But I did not see evidence of parliamentarians conspiring with foreign states against Canada," the report concludes.

"While some conduct may be concerning, I did not see evidence of 'traitors' in Parliament."

This is encouraging, but there needs to be a mechanism for these "problematic relationships" to be brought out into the public sphere (without it becoming a witch hunt).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Just sounds like the definition of traitor was made so tight as to not apply to anyone.

Current Example of a traitor - any Canadian who thinks the US should either annex or try and court Canada into becoming a state.

[–] Adderbox76 -4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No matter their performative differences, politicians will always protect each other regardless of party affiliation.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Politicians didn't have anything to do with this public inquiry.

Marie-Josée Hogue, who ran the inquiry, is a judge.