First-Hand Accounts of Beijing’s Interference With Politicians to Be Sealed for 99 Years: Hogue Commission

Justice Marie-Josée Hogue speaks about the interim report following its release at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, in Ottawa on May 3, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

The evidence from two secret witnesses with first-hand knowledge about Chinese meddling in Canada’s democracy will be recorded via affidavits and sealed for 99 years as a security precaution, with the exception of summaries produced for public release, the Hogue Commission has ruled.

Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue issued her decision Nov. 13 regarding the two potential witnesses and the methods for capturing and safeguarding their evidence for the foreign interference inquiry.