Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldForeign states including India, Russia and China have interfered in Canada\u2019s democratic institutions in an effort to destabilise the country, an official investigation has concluded. The final seven-volume report released on Tuesday by Justice Marie-Jos\u00e9e Hogue, who led the Foreign Interference Commission, was based on 16 months of reporting and the testimony of more than a 100 witnesses. It found widespread incidence of attempted political interference and that \u201cdisinformation\u201d was commonly deployed in traditional and social media against Canada and Canadian officials. \u201cIt is true that some foreign states are trying to interfere in our democratic institutions, including electoral processes,\u201d Hogue said in Ottawa. \u201cWhat is new, is the means deployed by these states, the apparent scale of the issue and public discourse on the topic.\u201dThe report focused on allegations that China and India, which have large diaspora populations in Canada, had carried out direct or indirect, influence campaigns but Russia, Pakistan and Iran were also included in the inquiry\u2019s scope.Despite the broad-based attempts to destabilise the country\u2019s electoral system, Hogue concluded there had only been a few cases where foreign states had tried to influence Canadian parliamentarians. \u201cThe phenomenon remains marginal and largely ineffective,\u201d she said.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s government has been accused of failing to act on intelligence briefings and warnings that foreign states were targeting Canada\u2019s democracy, media, institution and officials. The inquiry was launched after media reports of foreign interference based on leaked intelligence briefings and by officials complaining that their concerns were ignored. Trudeau testified at the inquiry in October and said there was a list of Canadian politicians \u2014 from all parties \u2014 who were at risk of foreign influence.Hogue\u2019s findings also addressed accusations tabled in June last year by Canada\u2019s National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, which consists of MPs and Senators with top security clearance, that some MPs were \u201csemi-witting or witting\u201d participants in efforts by foreign states to interfere in the country\u2019s politics.Hogue wrote there was no evidence \u201cof traitors in parliament\u201d but concluded Ottawa at times took \u201ctoo long to act\u201d on evidence of attempted interference and that co-ordination was poor. The government was \u201coverall a poor communicator\u201d when it comes to foreign interference, she said.The official interim report last May found China had directly meddled in Canada\u2019s 2019 and 2021 elections and was \u201cthe most active foreign state actor engaged in interference\u201d in the country.Former Conservative party leader Erin O\u2019Toole, who was a target of a Chinese disinformation campaign in 2021, said the inquiry served as a \u201cwake-up call\u201d on the issue.\u201cI think all of our democratic allies should take note of these risks,\u201d he told the Financial Times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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