The former head of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) has urged the commission investigating foreign election interference to push back against what he called an often overprotective national security culture.
“Things are classified more than they need to be,” Richard Fadden told the commission Wednesday.
“There is room to push because of this overprotection, this culture.”
Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue is investigating whether Beijing, Russia, India and other nations interfered in the past two elections, and how information about foreign interference flowed within the federal government. The inquiry was announced in the aftermath of media reports accusing China of meddling in the 2019
