Trudeau says he has 'concerns' about some findings of foreign interference report

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has concerns about some of the findings of a foreign interference report from one of Canada's intelligence oversight bodies.

But he did not specify the exact nature of his concerns.

«There are a number of the conclusions of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians report that we don't entirely align with,» Trudeau told reporters Sunday at the end of the Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland, without addressing which conclusions raised concerns.

On June 3, the cross-party committee of MPs and senators with top security clearances, known as NSICOP, released a heavily redacted document alleging, based on intelligence, that some parliamentarians have been «semi-witting or witting» participants in the efforts of foreign states to interfere in Canadian politics.

Trudeau on Sunday referred to previous comments made by Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who raised concerns about NSICOP's interpretation of intelligence reports.

The prime minister's comments come days after Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh each read the committee's unredacted report and offered different interpretations.

In a news conference Tuesday, May said that based on the report, she doesn't believe any current MPs knowingly betrayed their country. Two days later, Singh said he was convinced that some MPs have been «willing participants» in foreign states' efforts to interfere in Canadian politics, but would not confirm whether that included sitting MPs.

Trudeau said the fact that the leaders came to different conclusions about the same report «demonstrated» his government's concerns.

'Varied' conclusions

The prime minister also pointed to differing findings in two