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Ontario Premier Says CSIS Concerns About Cabinet Minister Are Baseless

The Canadian Press, 16 Jun, 2015 11:42 AM

AMBRIDGE, Ont. — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says security agency concerns that one of her cabinet ministers was under the influence of a foreign government are "baseless."

The Globe and Mail reports that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warned the Ontario government in 2010 that Michael Chan may have been susceptible to influence by the Chinese government.

Wynne says Chan, who is now the minister of citizenship, immigration and international trade, has served with honour in the Ontario government and he is one of the hardest-working people she has ever met.

Wynne says when the concerns were brought forward to then-premier Dalton McGuinty in 2010 they were deemed to be baseless.

When she asked her own staff to revisit the issue based on questions from reporters, she says there was "still nothing of substance."

Wynne says there have been no specific allegations so she considers the matter closed.

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