Privy Council says a report assessing work of foreign interference panel sent to PMO
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An assessment of the work done by a panel tasked with flagging incidents of foreign interference during the 2021 federal election is now complete and has been sent to the Prime Minister's Office and the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, the Privy Council Office has confirmed.
An assessment of the work done by a panel tasked with flagging incidents of foreign interference during the 2021 federal election is now complete and has been sent to the Prime Minister's Office and the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, the Privy Council Office has confirmed.
A Critical Election Incident Public Protocol created to monitor and report threats during the 2019 and 2021 elections is required to publish a post-election assessment of its work.
The 2019 evaluation came about seven months after the campaign held that year, but the 2021 report is still not available more than a year after Canadians went to the polls.
The update from the Privy Council marks the first report on its status.
The Privy Council Office says an unclassified and public version of the report is being finalized and will be made available soon, but offered no specific timeline.
It said Morris Rosenberg, a former senior public servant, was chosen in summer 2022 to prepare the independent report.
"Mr. Rosenberg's comprehensive evaluation is based on multiple sources, including interviews with a wide variety of actors, as well as the review of government documents and publications from foreign governments and non-governmental organizations," a statement from the Privy Council said.
