OTTAWA: A Canadian parliamentary committee passed a motion on Thursday calling on the federal government to set up a public inquiry into allegations of foreign election interference, after listening to testimony from top intelligence officials.
The vote came after the head of Canada's spy agency told the committee there was no major foreign election interference in the country's last two votes, but there is an investigation underway into media reports citing secret intelligence on Chinese influence. He declined to confirm recent unverified Canadian media reports, which cited anonymous intelligence sources, pointing to specific attempts by China to interfere in both elections. Vigneault said CSIS and other domestic security partners were investigating the sources of the leaks.
Canada is a member of the"Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing alliance with the UK, United States, New Zealand and Australia.
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