Federal parties being warned of efforts by 6 foreign countries to influence election: sources
All of the nations said to be attempting to influence the election have reasons for trying to boost their clout with a key American ally like Canada. Iran and Saudi Arabia are at daggers-drawn after Tehran was blamed for a weekend attack on Saudi oil facilities. Pakistan is in a tense standoff with India over the disputed region of Kashmir, while Nicolas Maduro is under heavy international pressure to step down as president of Venezuela.
Those
sources - who spoke to CBC on the condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to speak on the record - also said intelligence services are
monitoring efforts by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Venezuela to
influence the election campaign, while an integrated intelligence unit has been
giving political parties bi-weekly briefings about foreign actors' activities
in Canada.