Elections Commissioner’s Office Dismissed 116 Complaints Alleging Foreign Interference: Report

Elections Commissioner’s Office Dismissed 116 Complaints Alleging Foreign Interference: Report
Commissioner of Canada Elections Caroline Simard waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 2, 2023. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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The Office of Elections Commissioner Caroline Simard dismissed 116 complaints of alleged foreign interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 general elections without initiating any relevant prosecution, according to an internal briefing note.

“Foreign components in investigations almost always give rise to delays, complexities and other challenges,” wrote the commissioner’s office in a briefing note dated Nov. 1, 2022, and obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.