Evening Update: CSIS director pushes back on notion he did not fully brief Liberals on Chinese interference in Canadian elections

Good evening. Let’s start with today’s top stories:The foreign interference inquiry continued today with CSIS Director David Vigneault pushing back on the notion that he didn’t fully brief the Liberals on Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.Mr. Vigneault said he repeatedly told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet that Chinese interference in the elections was clandestine and deceptive but did not affect the overall results of the vote. ”It is indeed something that I communicated,” he said. “In our assessment we saw foreign interference in both the 2019 and 2021 elections.”