Overview

• India and Pakistan attempted to interfere in Canada's 2019 and 2021 federal elections, aiming to influence the outcomes in their favor.
• India's interference strategies included the use of a proxy agent to provide illegal financial support to pro-Indian candidates.
• Pakistan's interference efforts in 2019 were aimed at promoting its political, security, and economic interests in Canada.
• The revelations come amid a broader public inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian elections, which also investigates activities by China and Russia.
• India has rejected the allegations of interference as baseless, while the investigation into these claims continues.