A former Ontario cupboard minister is suing the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and unidentified workers who he alleges leaked labeled data with the intent of harming his status.
Michael Chan has alleged the nameless workers’ actions had been influenced by “a stereotypical type-casting of immigrants born in China as being somehow untrustworthy.”
Chan, a former cupboard minister within the former Ontario Liberal authorities and now a deputy mayor in Markham, Ont., can also be suing the Crown, the legal professional normal of Canada, the CSIS director and two journalists who’ve written tales on Chan primarily based on leaked labeled data.
The journalists embrace Global News reporter Sam Cooper. The media outlet defended his work.
“Global News spoke with highly qualified sources on multiple occasions and made painstaking efforts to verify the information prepared by senior intelligence officials, many of whom have spent decades investigating security threats to Canada,” stated a spokesperson for Global News.
“Our sources risked their careers and livelihoods to warn Canadians about the extent to which the People’s Republic of China was interfering in Canada’s democratic processes and government institutions. We believe in the integrity of our journalism in all the reporting in this series, and the critical role it plays in seeking accountability and transparency on issues vital to the public interest.”
Chan stated the tales inaccurately implicated him in allegations of election interference and he’s in search of a complete of $10 million in damages.
No statements of defence have but been filed.
The claims haven’t been confirmed in courtroom.
