Some Parliamentarians Engaged in ‘Concerning Conduct’ on Foreign Interference, Hogue Inquiry Says, But Finds No Treason

Commissioner Justice Marie-Josee Hogue is shown at the Foreign Interference Commission in Ottawa on Oct. 15, 2024. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

OTTAWA—The Foreign Interference Commission’s final report says there is no evidence there are “traitors” in Parliament working with foreign states against Canada.

In the report released Jan. 28, Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue wrote there have been some instances of “marginal and largely ineffective” attempts by actors to curry favour with parliamentarians. “While the states’ attempts are troubling and there is some concerning conduct by parliamentarians, there is no cause for widespread alarm,” she wrote.