Ex-National Security Advisor Says He’s ‘Not Surprised’ Intel on Beijing Meddling Didn’t Reach Politicians

The Canadian flag flies atop the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 5, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

A former top advisor to the prime minister on national security matters says he is “not surprised” that crucial intelligence about a Beijing threat to MPs did not reach the higher echelons of government.

“The July 2021 report on the targeting of Mr. Chong and other individual MPs was produced and distributed after my departure,” former National Security and Intelligence Advisor (NSIA) Vincent Rigby told a House of Commons committee on June 8.