India Among Top Actors for Foreign Interference in Canada: National Security Adviser

Jody Thomas, National Security and Intelligence Advisor waits to appear as a witness before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) investigating intimidation campaigns against the Member for Wellington - Halton Hills and other Members on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on June 1, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser says India is among the top sources of foreign interference in Canada.

Jody Thomas says “a number of state actors and non-state proxies” are conducting foreign interference in Canada, and at a conference last week she listed three countries that Ottawa has frequently cited: China, Russia and Iran.