Politics Briefing: CSIS report on MP targeted by China was sent to PM’s national-security adviser, Chong says

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Hello, Contrary to what Justin Trudeau has said, it appears a 2021 intelligence report about an MP being targeted by China was circulated beyond the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and reached the Prime Minister’s national-security adviser. Conservative MP Michael Chong – whose family was being targeted by China – announced in the House of Commons Thursday that Jody Thomas, the national-security adviser, informed him of this in a telephone call. This revelation sheds more light on the intelligence failure surrounding Mr. Chong’s case. He didn’t learn of this threat to him and his family until The Globe and Mail reported...