Monitoring Liberal Leadership Race: Intelligence Task Force
The Liberal party’s leadership race will be monitored by Canada’s elections intelligence task force for signs of foreign interference.
National security adviser Nathalie Drouin says the Security and Intelligence Threats to Elections Task Force will be watching the race.
She emphasizes that while leadership campaigns are conducted by individual political parties, they play a crucial role in maintaining the integrity of our democratic processes.
The task force, established in 2019 to protect the electoral process from foreign interference, includes representatives of CSIS, the RCMP, Global Affairs Canada, and the Communications Security Establishment Canada.
The Liberal party recently announced the upcoming vote to select its next leader, and therefore Canada’s next prime minister, will conclude on March 9.
The party has also implemented measures to prevent voter fraud in its leadership election by restricting voting to party members who are permanent residents or citizens, or have status under the Indian Act.
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The party’s previous regulations permitted anyone residing in Canada to participate in its leadership contests, regardless of their citizenship or residency status.
