Evening Update: Foreign interference a 'stain' on Canada's electoral process, Hogue inquiry concludes

Good evening, let's start with today's top stories: Foreign interference in 2019 and 2021 undermined the right of Canadian voters to have an electoral system "free from coercion or covert influence" and may have affected results in a small number of ridings, a public inquiry has concluded in the first of two reports. While foreign meddling did not alter the overall outcome of those elections, Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue, a justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal, issued a call to action today for the government to vigorously enact measures to tackle this "malign" threat to Canadian democracy. She identified China…