Budget grants Canada’s spy agency $655.7-million to fight foreign interference

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The Canadian government announced in Tuesday’s federal budget that it is giving the Canadian Security Intelligence Service more than $650-million over eight years to fight foreign interference and bulk up operations at the spy agency’s regional office in Toronto, one of the cities most frequently cited in accounts of meddling in domestic affairs by foreign states. “To equip CSIS to combat emerging global threats and keep pace with technological developments, further investments in intelligence capabilities and infrastructure are needed,” the budget document says, noting that Canada continues to face threats from “hostile actors” to its democratic institutions, diaspora communities and...