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Trudeau to task intelligence watchdog with investigating foreign interference in Canada: source

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians — one of the country’s intelligence watchdogs — to launch a new investigation of foreign election interference in Canada, CBC News has confirmed.

The news was first reported by the Canadian Press.

Trudeau is expected to lay out more details during a news conference at 5:30 p.m. ET. CBC News will carry it live.

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