Judge Marie Jose Hogg, a commissioner for foreign interference, how foreign officials tried to interfere with democratic systems and election processes in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. After a monthly survey, she announced her final report on Tuesday. 。
In her seven volumes report, Hogue detailed the evidence of hearing more than 150 witnesses since the investigation began in September 2023.
The results of these surveys have revealed the tasks related to the interpretation of intelligence, as to how she should reform Canadian democracy, how the Federal Leadership Contests should be reformed.
How to share the complex efforts to respond to foreign interference attempts for foreign interference to see why political parties need to acquire security shelefings. Is detailed.
“Only the biggest risk” for Democracy in Canada
Hogue has been attracting a lot of attention, while foreign states, which are targeting parliamentary members, are gaining a lot of attention, but the larger threat to Canadian democracy is the spread of incorrect information and fake information in the media and social networks. I am.
She wrote fake information. “Harmful and powerful. It brings great risk to Canadian democracy. If there is no way to work on it, incorrect information and fake information have distorted our talks, change our opinions. I have the ability to shake.
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“In my opinion, at this point, it is not an exaggeration to say that information manipulation (regardless of whether it is a foreign country) has the only risk of our democracy,” she wrote. “It’s an existing threat.”
According to her report, Hogg was the act of “crackdown over the border” when a foreign state threatened the Canadian immigration community, threatened to achieve its own purpose, and harassed it. It wrote that it became a “real tragedy” of a democratic process.
Her mission did not leave her to consider the complete depth and expansion of the border, but she said during the hearing, “How to take this seriously and deal with it. You have to hear the warning that you have to consider it, “he said.
“It will be difficult to exaggerate the seriousness or the impact on our individual and our social structure,” she wrote.
She said that the federal government is working in this field.
NSICOP report problem
In June, the NSICOP Council’s National Security and Intelligence Committee stated that some of Canadian officials would interfere with Democratic Process in Canada or “worry”. The report was announced.
After the report was released, there was a wide range of calls for members of the Diet who read the report to identify the name of an official suspected to be working to promote the interests of foreign governments.
Hogue reviewed NSICOP’s report and said, “It is not named individual members of the Congress,” based on the Intelligence report.
The report warns that “intelligence is very valuable to notify the government and it is possible to develop policies, but there is no doubt about the weakness of intelligence.”
“This is especially true for intelligence that may suggest personal injustice, such as the involvement of individual members in foreign interference activities,” said the report.
Hoga wrote in the NSICOP report that “the cloud of suspicion for all members of the parliament”, which contributed to “the invasion of trust in the Canadian democratic system.”
“The situation is not clear or extreme, as the fear caused by the NSICOP report,” says Hogog.
Disadvantages of sharing information
Hogg has a “defect” a few weeks after the Federal election in 2019 and 2021, and a few weeks later, and there is no specific problem that “the information has flowed in the information flowing”. However, he wrote that there is a “defect”.
“The information and the Prime Minister did not do so,” said Hogg, adding that he could not decide why this happened.
“But the evidence shows that the system at the time was not particularly robust,” she added. “There was no way to know who received a specific report, the person who received it read it, or whether it was taken as a result.”
While publishing her final report on Tuesday, Committee Mary Jose Hoggu said that the government was “too long to act,” so that communication with other decisions was incomplete. It turned out. ”
In some cases, Hoggers are involved in sharing information on the possibility of foreign interference, “As soon as they provide information, they do their job without confirming that they have been received. I wrote that I felt the impression.
The commissioner wrote that there was no sign that everyone acted with malicious intent. Hogue wrote that this problem was essentially systematic and worsened by COVID-19 pandemic.
Hogue also wrote that since the federal election in 2019 and 2021, “the intelligence distribution system has been completely redesigned,” but she said, “How effective is this new system in the test. I couldn’t confirm that it was resilient, but it suggests that it is much more suitable than the previous one.
Security clearance with the leader
In a list of recommendations for fighting foreign interference, Hogg said, “All leaders of all political parties represented by the House of Representatives should be encouraged, and after becoming a leader, the secret as soon as possible. It should be given the opportunity to obtain security.
Hoga was a final report, where the Liberal Leader, NDP, Block Quebecore, and Green Party are currently the best clearance, but their conservative leader Pierre Poyliel refused to acquire him, but his staff. The chief gained clearance.
She instructed Justin Trudeau to let Poylierbles to inform Poylierbles to the possibility of a threat to his party and his members to Canadian security intelligence services, CSIS, and other officials. He said that it has maintained to keep the leader appropriately notified. The finest clearance.
“The Prime Minister has testified that the Prime Minister has a more limited authority compared to the leader, but is also liable to the public,” said the Prime Minister.
Reform of party leadership racing
Hogue has provided a 51 recommendation list on how the government can deal with foreign interference concerns. Part of this requires legislative changes that may be implemented before the next federal election.
In her recommendation that she prompts her to act immediately, the reform of how the party leader is selected in Canada is as follows:
- Confirm that voting in the leader election or nominated races is for Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
The political party requests a declaration from the members regarding the status of Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
By applying the Canada Election Law, you will always be in leadership racing, not only during the election.
Requests to submit the rules of nomination and leadership contests in Canadian elections and constituency.
All nominations and leadership participants require that they submit financial interests in Canadian elections.
