In The Weekly Wrap Sean Speer, our editor-at-large, analyses for Hub subscribers the big stories shaping politics, policy, and the economy in the week that was.
This treason could be the tip of the iceberg
The biggest news this week by far was the report produced by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) on foreign interference in Canadian politics.
Based on voluminous intelligence shared with the committee, the report sets out allegations that several Canadian parliamentarians have wittingly or unwittingly had inappropriate (and possibly illegal) relations with foreign governments. In some cases, it sounds like these interactions may have stemmed from a combination of ego and ignorance. In other cases, they were more intentional including sharing information about colleagues and soliciting foreign interference in party nominations or riding elections.
The committee’s findings are of course shocking.
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