5 things we learned from the final report on foreign interference [Video]

Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, commissioner of the public inquiry into foreign interference, issued her final report on Tuesday after conducting a 16-month investigation into how foreign actors have tried to interfere in democratic institutions and the electoral process in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. 

In her seven-volume report, Hogue detailed the evidence she gathered from hearing more than 150 witnesses since the Inquiry began in September 2023. 

Those findings reveal what she thinks are the greatest threat to Canadian democracy, how federal party leadership contests should be reformed and the challenges associated with interpreting intelligence.

She also details why party leaders need to get security briefings and how cumbersome information sharing within government complicated efforts to respond to foreign interference attempts.

The ‘single biggest risk’ to Canadian democracy

Hogue wrote that while foreign states targeting parliamentarians has garnered much attention, the greater threat to Canadian democracy is the spread of misinformation and disinformation in the media and …