A former national security adviser to the prime minister says he had “numerous conversations” with Justin Trudeau about Beijing’s interference in Canadian affairs before the 2019 election, but added that, at the time, Russia was a major concern for the intelligence community.
“At that time we were a lot concerned about Russia,” Daniel Jean, who served as national security adviser from May 2016 until May 2018, told a parliamentary committee Tuesday night.
“But definitely we were more and more concerned about Beijing.”
Jean was appearing before the procedure and house affairs committee as MPs dig into recent allegations about the extent of the
