A veteran Canadian MP met three times with the ambassador of a country in the crosshairs of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, leading CSIS to warn the parliamentarian away from further interactions, CBC News has learned.
“You just cast a shadow of doubt over everyone,” the MP said, speaking confidentially because he was not authorized to comment publicly on the matter.
“Once you have that doubt placed on you, I don’t know how you recover.”
CBC News is not identifying the country in question in order to protect the MP’s identity.
CBC reached out to more than 30 MPs across party lines who identify as members of ethnic or religious minorities to
