Justin Trudeau testifying at public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada's elections

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is testifying before the national public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada's electoral processes, following a day of testimony from top cabinet ministers about allegations of meddling in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is testifying before the national public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada's electoral processes.

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Here's the latest report stemming from Wednesday's testimony.

The former minister of democratic institutions says she was told after the October 2019 federal election that Canada's spy agency had seen low-level foreign interference activities by China.

Karina Gould, who held the portfolio from early 2017 to November 2019, said in a classified interview last month that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service indicated the activities were similar to what had been seen in the past.

"That foreign interference did not affect Canadians' ability to have a free and fair election," says a public summary of Gould's interview.

The summary was disclosed Wednesday at a federal inquiry into foreign meddling in the 2019 and 2021 elections, where Gould testified in an open session.