Documents Show Dozens of Harassment, Violence Cases at CSIS. It Deemed Only 8 Founded

David Vigneault, director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), prepares to appear before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC), on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on June 13, 2023. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press

When Canada’s spy chief wrote a secret letter to the public safety minister last December—the week after a report emerged that two young women in the service had been sexually assaulted by a senior colleague—it came with a warning.

David Vigneault, then director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, told Dominic LeBlanc that he expected “more cases to surface in the coming weeks,” and that he had to be “transparent” about this with the minister