‘Smoking Gun’ Intel on Foreign Interference Received After 2021 Election, Former Trudeau Adviser Says

Cindy Termorshuizen, left, and David Morrison of Global Affairs Canada appear as witnesses at the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa on April 4, 2024. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

A former top security adviser to the prime minister came across “smoking gun”-level intelligence about foreign interference in the 2021 election, an inquiry heard.

David Morrison, currently a deputy minister at Global Affairs Canada, said he had seen the intelligence in the weeks following the Sept. 20, 2021 election.