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Foreign governments have infiltrated Canadian politics, CSIS head tells CBC
Cabinet ministers in two provinces are under the control of foreign governments, says Richard Fadden, head of CSIS.
Chris Mikula / Canwest News Service files
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Cabinet ministers in two provinces are under the control of foreign governments, says Richard Fadden, head of CSIS.
Canwest News Service · Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2010
The head of Canada’s spy agency says foreign governments have infiltrated Canadian politics, CBC News reported Tuesday night.
“We’re in fact a bit worried in a couple of provinces that we have an indication that there are political figures who have developed quite an attachment to foreign countries,” Richard Fadden, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, told CBC.
Mr. Fadden said Cabinet ministers in two provinces, which he did not name, are under control of foreign governments. He said the politicians haven’t hidden their ties to foreign governments, and recently they’ve been shifting their policy decisions to reflect those relationships.
Mr. Fadden told the CBC that he has discussed with Canada’s privy council how best to tell those provincial governments that there may be a problem.
He added several members of municipal governments in British Columbia are also agents of influence for foreign countries, CBC reported.
There is no evidence that any federal politicians have been infiltrated, he said.
“A number of countries take the view that if they can develop influence with people relatively early in their careers they’ll follow them through. Before you know it, a country’s providing them with money, some sort of covert guidance,” Mr. Fadden said in his interview with CBC.
At least five countries, including China and Middle Eastern countries, are recruiting political prospects in universities, said CBC.
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Cabinet ministers in two provinces are under the control of foreign governments, says Richard Fadden, head of CSIS.
Chris Mikula / Canwest News Service files
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Cabinet ministers in two provinces are under the control of foreign governments, says Richard Fadden, head of CSIS.
Canwest News Service · Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2010
The head of Canada’s spy agency says foreign governments have infiltrated Canadian politics, CBC News reported Tuesday night.
“We’re in fact a bit worried in a couple of provinces that we have an indication that there are political figures who have developed quite an attachment to foreign countries,” Richard Fadden, the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, told CBC.
Mr. Fadden said Cabinet ministers in two provinces, which he did not name, are under control of foreign governments. He said the politicians haven’t hidden their ties to foreign governments, and recently they’ve been shifting their policy decisions to reflect those relationships.
Mr. Fadden told the CBC that he has discussed with Canada’s privy council how best to tell those provincial governments that there may be a problem.
He added several members of municipal governments in British Columbia are also agents of influence for foreign countries, CBC reported.
There is no evidence that any federal politicians have been infiltrated, he said.
“A number of countries take the view that if they can develop influence with people relatively early in their careers they’ll follow them through. Before you know it, a country’s providing them with money, some sort of covert guidance,” Mr. Fadden said in his interview with CBC.
At least five countries, including China and Middle Eastern countries, are recruiting political prospects in universities, said CBC.
Read more: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Fo...IS+head+says/3188357/story.html#ixzz0rfEhoxy7
