Senior Gov’t Officials Received CSIS Doc on Beijing Threats to MPs, Departments Confirm

Conservative MP for Wellington-Halton Hills MP Michael Chong appears as a witness at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) regarding foreign election interference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on May 16, 2023. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press

Three federal departments have confirmed that their senior leadership was provided with an intelligence assessment from Canada’s spy agency that highlighted the Chinese regime’s attempt to target MPs.

The information is highlighted in an order paper filed with the government by Conservative MP Michael Chong on May 5—four days after the Globe and Mail published a report on the classified assessment and identified Chong as a target of Beijing.