Next Canadian Federal Election Will Be Target for Russian Meddling: Sajjan

Next Canadian Federal Election Will Be Target for Russian Meddling: Sajjan
Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan addresses a plenary session of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly, in Halifax on Nov. 19, 2018. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan
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HALIFAX—With a federal election less than a year away, Canada’s defence minister is warning voters they will be targeted by online cyber-attacks and fake news as Russia steps up its efforts to undermine western democracies.

“We have taken this into account very seriously in our defence policy,” Harjit Sajjan said in an interview with The Canadian Press.