TORONTO—The head of Canada’s intelligence agency says foreign interference and espionage are the biggest threats to Canada’s national interest, indicating businesses, academic institutions, and the technology sector, such as Canada’s emerging 5G technology network, are potential targets of state-sponsored espionage.
Speaking to the Economic Club of Canada, David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), warned that hostile foreign intelligence services or people are gathering political, economic, commercial, and military information in Canada.
