1/3 #cdnpoli It's important to note that an independent panel of five senior public servants, working with Canada's national security agencies, did not find #electioninterference that affected Canada's ability to hold free and fair elections in 2019 and 2021.
cont'd
2/3 No serious voice is saying that those elections were decisively affected by foreign malfeasance. Asked by reporters on Wednesday whether he accepted the results of the last federal election, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said he did.
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3/4 Fife claims he received a CSIS report and won't identify the source so his allegations are based on a "report" by a "leaker", a report we cannot see. Contrary to Poilievre saying he accepted the results of the last federal election the Conservatives are now alleging ⬇️
4/4 a "cover-up." based on a "leaked" report they cannot see. Jody Thomas, a public servant who acts as national security adviser said that "individual reports, when taken out of context, may be incomplete and misrepresentative of the full story."
cbc.ca/news/politics/…
5. Trudeau's govt commissioned an investigation resulting in this ➡️Report on the assessment of the 2021 Critical Election Incident Public Protocol canada.ca/en/democratic-…
6. The Conservatives claim the author, who was an advisor to the Conservatives between 2010-2013 and became CEO of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation after leaving the public service, lacks credibility.
7. That report adds to the findings released by a committee of parliamentarians in early 2020. cbc.ca/news/politics/…
8. I watched the video where Jody Thomas said that "the intelligence that backs it up is more complex than is probably evident in the single clip or piece of that report that's been revealed in the media." I also watched part 2 of those proceedings chaired by Chagger.
9. Watch today's proceedings ourcommons.ca/Committees/en/…
if you choose to but I do NOT believe the elections were compromised by #ForeignElectionInterference I believe Fife's leaker needs to get the boot from CSIS ASAP and the conservatives are out of bounds.
What do you think?
@threadreaderapp please unroll this thread
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