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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/b>
\nThursday, June 26, 2024<\/p>\n
OTTAWA \u2013 Today, Democracy Watch called for key steps to be taken to ensure full, independent, effective investigations into the allegations in the recent report by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) on CSIS intelligence reports that MPs and Senators have helped foreign governments interfere in Canadian politics, and to ensure public rulings on every allegation.<\/p>\n
While several commentators have called for political parties to deal with the allegations internally<\/a><\/span>, or for all MPs and Senators to be identified now<\/a><\/span> if they are alleged in intelligence reports to have participated in interference, neither of those steps would ensure independent investigations and public rulings, or fairness that complies with the Charter<\/em> protections of due process and justice given intelligence reports often contain rumours or very questionable evidence.<\/p>\n And while all parties voted in the House of Commons in support of a resolution calling on the Hogue Inquiry into foreign interference to examine the allegations<\/a><\/span> and report on them, the Inquiry issued a statement saying<\/a><\/span> it already has the intelligence reports referred to by NSICOP, and is already examining them.\u00a0 But public inquiries generally do not identify people who are only rumoured to have committed wrongdoing, nor can the Inquiry conduct investigations, charge or prosecute or find anyone in violation of any Canadian law.<\/p>\n The RCMP can\u2019t be trusted to investigate the allegations because RCMP Commissioner Michael Duheme was chosen by, and serves at the pleasure, of the Trudeau Cabinet as do the Deputy Commissioners and heads of every RCMP division (Click here to see ss. 5, 6 and 6.1 of the RCMP Act<\/em><\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n As well, Commissioner Duheme has made it clear he favours secrecy in foreign interference investigations in a CBC interview<\/a><\/span> (Click here to see<\/a><\/span> video) and Global TV interview<\/a><\/span> (Click here to see<\/a><\/span> video) which violates the public\u2019s right to know.<\/p>\n In addition, the RCMP has shown clearly that it is simply incapable of effectively investigating allegations of wrongdoing members of the ruling party, as it conducted incomplete, weak and very questionable investigations into Prime Minister Trudeau\u2019s actions in the SNC-Lavalin scandal (which the RCMP tried to bury for years), and the Aga Khan scandal.<\/p>\n The key steps needed to ensure full, independent, effective investigations into the allegations, and public rulings on every allegation, are as follows:<\/p>\n 1. Now that Bill C-70 has passed<\/a><\/span>, CSIS is allowed to share intelligence information with police forces and other law enforcement entities;<\/p>\n 2. CSIS should share the intelligence information containing the information with provincial or local police forces (again, not the RCMP), and the Commissioner of Canada Elections, and the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner and Commissioner of Lobbying, depending on the laws that could have been violated (preferably the information would be given to provincial ethics and lobbying commissioners because the federal Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein<\/a><\/span> and Commissioner of Lobbying Nancy B\u00e9langer<\/a><\/span> were both handpicked by the Trudeau Cabinet and have very bad enforcement records);<\/p>\n 3. The police forces, Commissioner of Canada Elections, ethics and lobbying commissioners should investigate each allegation that is referred to them by CSIS, and must issue a public ruling in each case, and;<\/p>\n 4. The public rulings should either be:<\/p>\n a) an announcement that charges are being laid and a named person or entity prosecuted or found guilty for violating the law;<\/p>\n b) an announcement that there is clear evidence that a named person or entity engaged in foreign interference activities but that for an explained reason they will not be charged, prosecuted or found guilty; or<\/p>\n c) an announcement that does not name the person or entity because there is no good evidence that they engaged in foreign interference.<\/p>\n \u201cTo ensure independent, effective and transparent investigations of the allegations of foreign interference, CSIS should give the intelligence information to federal elections, ethics and lobbying commissioners, and to police forces other than the RCMP because the RCMP is too controlled by the ruling party Cabinet and has a weak enforcement record, and they should all investigate and issue public rulings in each case that only name violators if there is good evidence that they violated a law,\u201d <\/em>said Duff Conacher, Co-founder of Democracy Watch.<\/p>\n The House and Senate passed anti-foreign interference Bill C-70 but left huge loopholes in Bill C-70<\/a><\/span> that allow for ongoing secret foreign interference and influence activities, and make enforcement partisan, political, weak, secretive and unaccountable.<\/p>\n Click here to see the Backgrounder<\/strong><\/a><\/span> that summarizes all the loopholes and weak enforcement problems that make foreign interference legal and easy to do across Canada at every level of government.\u00a0 Click here to see summary list of 17 key changes<\/strong><\/a><\/span> that need to be made to stop foreign interference.<\/p>\n \u201cAll the loopholes in Canada\u2019s election, political donation and spending, lobbying and ethics laws must be closed, and enforcement strengthened, to actually stop foreign governments, businesses and organizations from interfering in and influencing Canadian politics and politicians in secret, including by making false claims on social media sites,\u201d<\/em> said Conacher.<\/p>\n – 30 –<\/p>\n FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<\/strong> Democracy Watch\u2019s Democracy Watch\u2019s Stop Foreign Interference in Canadian Politics Campaign<\/a><\/span>, Government Ethics Campaign<\/a><\/span> and Stop Secret, Unethical Lobbying Campaign<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n .<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n . OTTAWA – Aujourd’hui, Democracy Watch a demand\u00e9 que des mesures cl\u00e9s soient prises pour garantir des enqu\u00eates compl\u00e8tes, ind\u00e9pendantes et efficaces sur les all\u00e9gations contenues dans le r\u00e9cent rapport du Comit\u00e9 parlementaire sur la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 nationale et le renseignement (NSICOP) sur les rapports de renseignement du SCRS selon lesquels des d\u00e9put\u00e9s et des s\u00e9nateurs ont aid\u00e9 des gouvernements \u00e9trangers \u00e0 s’ing\u00e9rer dans la politique canadienne, et pour garantir des d\u00e9cisions publiques sur chaque all\u00e9gation.<\/p>\n Alors que plusieurs commentateurs ont demand\u00e9 que les partis politiques traitent les all\u00e9gations en interne<\/a><\/span>, ou que tous les d\u00e9put\u00e9s et s\u00e9nateurs doivent \u00eatre identifi\u00e9s maintenant<\/a><\/span> s’ils sont accus\u00e9s dans les rapports de renseignement d’avoir particip\u00e9 \u00e0 l’ing\u00e9rence, aucune de ces mesures ne garantirait des enqu\u00eates ind\u00e9pendantes et des d\u00e9cisions publiques, ou une \u00e9quit\u00e9 conforme aux protections de la Charte<\/em> en mati\u00e8re de proc\u00e9dure r\u00e9guli\u00e8re et de justice, \u00e9tant donn\u00e9 que les rapports de renseignement contiennent souvent des rumeurs ou des preuves tr\u00e8s discutables.<\/p>\n Alors que tous les partis ont vot\u00e9 \u00e0 la Chambre des communes en faveur d’une r\u00e9solution demandant \u00e0 la commission d’enqu\u00eate Hogue sur l’ing\u00e9rence \u00e9trang\u00e8re d’examiner les all\u00e9gations<\/a><\/span> et d’en rendre compte, la commission d’enqu\u00eate a publi\u00e9 une d\u00e9claration indiquant<\/a><\/span> qu’elle disposait d\u00e9j\u00e0 des rapports de renseignement mentionn\u00e9s par la NSICOP et qu’elle \u00e9tait en train de les examiner. Mais les enqu\u00eates publiques ne permettent g\u00e9n\u00e9ralement pas d’identifier des personnes qui n’ont commis que des rumeurs d’actes r\u00e9pr\u00e9hensibles, et la commission d’enqu\u00eate ne peut pas non plus mener d’investigations, porter des accusations, engager des poursuites ou constater que quelqu’un a enfreint une loi canadienne.<\/p>\n On ne peut pas faire confiance \u00e0 la GRC pour enqu\u00eater sur les all\u00e9gations car le commissaire de la GRC, Michael Duheme, a \u00e9t\u00e9 choisi par le cabinet Trudeau et sert selon son bon plaisir, tout comme les sous-commissaires et les chefs de toutes les divisions de la GRC (Cliquez ici pour voir ss. 5, 6 et 6.1 de la Loi sur la GRC<\/em><\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n En outre, le commissaire Duheme a clairement indiqu\u00e9 qu’il \u00e9tait favorable au secret dans les enqu\u00eates sur l’ing\u00e9rence \u00e9trang\u00e8re dans une interview de la CBC<\/a><\/span> (Cliquez ici pour voir<\/a><\/span> vid\u00e9o) et interview de Global TV<\/a><\/span> (Cliquez ici pour voir<\/a><\/span> la vid\u00e9o) qui viole le droit du public \u00e0 savoir.<\/p>\n En outre, la GRC a clairement montr\u00e9 qu’elle \u00e9tait tout simplement incapable d’enqu\u00eater efficacement sur les all\u00e9gations d’actes r\u00e9pr\u00e9hensibles commis par des membres du parti au pouvoir, puisqu’elle a men\u00e9 des enqu\u00eates incompl\u00e8tes, faibles et tr\u00e8s discutables sur les actions du Premier ministre Trudeau dans le cadre du scandale SNC-Lavalin (que la GRC a tent\u00e9 d’enterrer pendant des ann\u00e9es) et du scandale de l’Aga Khan.<\/p>\n Les \u00e9tapes cl\u00e9s n\u00e9cessaires pour garantir des enqu\u00eates compl\u00e8tes, ind\u00e9pendantes et efficaces sur les all\u00e9gations, et des d\u00e9cisions publiques sur chaque all\u00e9gation, sont les suivantes :<\/p>\n 1. Maintenant que le projet de loi C-70 a \u00e9t\u00e9 adopt\u00e9<\/a><\/span>, le SCRS est autoris\u00e9 \u00e0 partager des informations de renseignement avec les forces de police et d’autres entit\u00e9s charg\u00e9es de l’application de la loi ;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 2. le SCRS devrait partager les renseignements contenant l’information avec les forces polici\u00e8res provinciales ou locales (encore une fois, pas la GRC), et le commissaire aux \u00e9lections f\u00e9d\u00e9rales, et le commissaire aux conflits d’int\u00e9r\u00eats et \u00e0 l’\u00e9thique et le commissaire au lobbying, selon les lois qui pourraient avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 viol\u00e9es (de pr\u00e9f\u00e9rence, l’information serait donn\u00e9e aux commissaires provinciaux \u00e0 l’\u00e9thique et au lobbying parce que le gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral Commissaire \u00e0 l’\u00e9thique Konrad von Finckenstein<\/a><\/span> et Commissaire au lobbying Nancy B\u00e9langer<\/a><\/span> ont tous deux \u00e9t\u00e9 tri\u00e9s sur le volet par le cabinet Trudeau et ont de tr\u00e8s mauvais ant\u00e9c\u00e9dents en mati\u00e8re d’application de la loi);<\/p>\n<\/p>\n 3. les forces polici\u00e8res, le commissaire aux \u00e9lections f\u00e9d\u00e9rales, les commissaires \u00e0 l’\u00e9thique et au lobbying devraient enqu\u00eater sur chaque all\u00e9gation qui leur est transmise par le SCRS et rendre une d\u00e9cision publique dans chaque cas ; <\/p>\n 4.\n<\/p>\n 4. les d\u00e9cisions publiques devraient \u00eatre :<\/p>\n 4.<\/p>\n c) une annonce qui ne nomme pas la personne ou l’entit\u00e9 parce qu’il n’y a pas de preuves suffisantes qu’elle s’est livr\u00e9e \u00e0 des activit\u00e9s d’ing\u00e9rence \u00e9trang\u00e8re. Cliquez ici pour voir le document d’information<\/strong><\/a><\/span> qui r\u00e9sume toutes les failles et les probl\u00e8mes d’application qui rendent l’ing\u00e9rence \u00e9trang\u00e8re l\u00e9gale et facile \u00e0 r\u00e9aliser dans tout le Canada, \u00e0 tous les niveaux de gouvernement. Cliquez ici pour voir la liste sommaire des 17 changements cl\u00e9s<\/strong><\/a><\/span> qui doivent \u00eatre apport\u00e9s pour mettre fin \u00e0 l’ing\u00e9rence \u00e9trang\u00e8re.<\/p>\n “Toutes les failles dans les lois canadiennes sur les \u00e9lections, les dons et les d\u00e9penses politiques, le lobbying et l’\u00e9thique doivent \u00eatre combl\u00e9es et leur application doit \u00eatre renforc\u00e9e afin d’emp\u00eacher les gouvernements, les entreprises et les organisations \u00e9trangers de s’ing\u00e9rer dans la politique et les politiciens canadiens et de les influencer en secret, y compris en faisant de fausses d\u00e9clarations sur les sites de m\u00e9dias sociaux”<\/em>, a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 M. Conacher.\n<\/p>\n – 30 –<\/p>\n POUR PLUS D’INFORMATIONS, CONTACTEZ:<\/strong> D\u00e9mocratie Watch, cofondateur de Democracy Watch<\/p>\n La campagne Stop Foreign Interference in Canadian Politics Campaign<\/a><\/span> de Democracy Watch, Campagne d’\u00e9thique gouvernementale<\/a><\/span> et Campagne d’arr\u00eat du lobbying secret et contraire \u00e0 l’\u00e9thique<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n [ :]<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RCMP Commissioner favours secrecy, serves at pleasure of Cabinet, and RCMP has weak enforcement as SNC-Lavalin and Aga Khan scandals show Identities of MPs, Senators and any others alleged to be involved in foreign interference should only be identified if good evidence of violation exists Loopholes in election, political finance, lobbying and ethics rules need […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17138"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18292,"href":"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17138\/revisions\/18292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/democracywatch.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nDuff Conacher, Co-founder of Democracy Watch
\nTel: (613) 241-5179
\nCell: 416-546-3443
\nEmail: info@democracywatch.ca<\/a><\/p>\nLe commissaire de la GRC favorise le secret, sert selon le bon plaisir du Cabinet, et la GRC a une faible application comme le montrent les scandales de SNC-Lavalin et de l’Aga Khan<\/span><\/h4>\n
L’identit\u00e9 des d\u00e9put\u00e9s, des s\u00e9nateurs et de toute autre personne soup\u00e7onn\u00e9e d’ing\u00e9rence \u00e9trang\u00e8re ne devrait \u00eatre r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9e que s’il existe des preuves solides de violation<\/span><\/h4>\n
Les lacunes dans les r\u00e8gles \u00e9lectorales, de financement politique, de lobbying et d’\u00e9thique doivent \u00eatre combl\u00e9es afin d’interdire et de pr\u00e9venir l’ing\u00e9rence et la d\u00e9sinformation<\/span><\/h4>\n
\nPour diffusion imm\u00e9diate :<\/b>
\nJeudi 26 juin 2024<\/p>\n
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\nDuff Conacher, cofondateur de Democracy Watch
\nT\u00e9l\u00e9phone : (613) 241-5179
\nCellulaire : 416-546-3443
\nCourriel : info@democracywatch.ca<\/a><\/p>\n