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Blair says he ‘expected’ CSIS warrants to be dealt with ‘promptly’ - National | Globalnews.ca

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Former public safety minister Bill Blair says he 'was not advised' for weeks after CSIS told his chief of staff it was seeking approval to investigate an Ontario Liberal powerbroker in March 2021 .

CSIS requesting to surveil a prominent politician is a rare occurrence and would require the sign-off by a federal judge, senior officials within the spy agency and Blair , who is now minister of defence.

Michael Chan has long been suspected of close ties to the Chinese consulate in Toronto and proxies of the People's Republic of China in Canada .

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