CSIS Director Recalled to Inquiry After Trudeau Advisers Dispute Evidence

CSIS former officials Cherie Henderson (L), David Vigneault, and Michelle Tessier testify at Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on April 4, 2024. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

The director of Canada’s spy agency will have to testify anew at the foreign interference inquiry after advisers to the prime minister challenged the agency’s briefings and intelligence.

The Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference received late documents from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) on April 8, which led some parties to request postponing the hearings or recalling witnesses.