Former Lawmaker May Have Worked to Influence Canada’s Parliament for a Foreign Power: CSIS

Vanessa Lloyd, interim director at the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, appears as a witness at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on Sept. 27, 2024. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Canada’s intelligence agency says a former parliamentarian is suspected of having worked to influence parliamentary proceedings for a foreign power.

The information is contained in a document released by the Canadian Intelligence Security Service to the Foreign Interference Commission on Sept. 27. CSIS officials told the inquiry that this particular information had not been previously revealed.