公共安全部长加里·阿南达桑加里说，在一名加拿大北约实习生因间谍罪在比利时被捕后，加拿大安全检查中的“漏洞”需要得到解决。
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says "gaps" in Canada's security screening need to be addressed following the arrest of a Canadian NATO intern in Belgium on espionage charges.
周一，Anandasangaree面临下议院公共安全和国家安全委员会议员一个小时的盘问，他们正在调查这名实习生如何从渥太华获得安全许可，在军事联盟工作。
Anandasangaree faced an hour of grilling from MPs on the House of Commons public safety and national security committee on Monday, who are probing how the intern gained security clearance from Ottawa to work at the military alliance.
比利时当局于7月24日逮捕了这名实习生，指控她代表第三国从事间谍活动，并成为犯罪组织的成员。消息人士告诉路透社和其他媒体，疑似第三国是中国。
Belgian authorities arrested the intern on July 24, alleging she was spying on behalf of a third country and of being a member of a criminal organization. Sources have told Reuters and other media that the suspected third country is China.
部长表示，他要求加拿大皇家骑警和CSIS审查所发生的事情，并正在审查他们的建议。他说：“这个过程显然会带来一些严重的教训。”
The minister said he asked the RCMP and CSIS to review what happened and is going through their recommendations. "There will obviously be some serious lessons that come out of that process," he said.
Anandasangaree表示，在CSIS和加拿大皇家骑警的支持下，政府部门每年进行约20万次筛查。
Anandasangaree said there are some 200,000 screenings done every year by government departments, with the support of CSIS and the RCMP.
分析涉嫌监视北约的加拿大人被拒绝保释。接下来会发生什么她看到了什么？情报部门争先恐后地追踪被指控的间谍的踪迹“总的来说，这是一个无可指责的记录。当然，这里存在差距，我也认识到存在差距，”他作证说。
Analysis The Canadian suspected of spying on NATO was denied bail. Here's what comes next What did she see? The intelligence scramble to retrace an accused spy's footsteps "By and large, it is an unimpeachable record. Of course, there are gaps here, and I recognize that there are gaps," he testified.
“这就是我认为我们需要改进的地方。“虽然比利时法院在审判之前不会公开刑事调查中的被告身份，但加拿大广播公司新闻的一项调查确定，被指控的间谍是张碧伟，一名具有经济学背景的系统工程师，曾在比利时南部城市蒙斯的北约欧洲盟军最高总部（SHADE）实习。她还在Facebook个人资料中使用Claire Zhang和Catina Zhang这个名字。
"And that's what I think we need to improve on." While Belgian courts do not publicly identify defendants in criminal investigations until their trial, a CBC News investigation identified the accused spy as Biwei Zhang a systems engineer with a background in economics who was an intern at NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in the southern Belgian city of Mons. She also uses the name Claire Zhang professionally and Catina Zhang on her Facebook profile.
加拿大北约间谍嫌疑人对该国的安全筛查提出质疑7月30日持续时间2023年，加拿大公共服务委员会发现张以两个不同的姓名和电子邮件申请加拿大边境服务局的职位存在欺诈行为，但后来未能澄清她是否提交了多份申请。
Canadian NATO spying suspect raises questions about country’s security screening July 30 Duration In 2023, the Public Service Commission of Canada found Zhang had committed fraud by applying for a position at the Canada Border Services Agency under two different names and emails, failing to later clarify whether she submitted multiple applications.
加拿大安全情报局（CSIS）告诉委员会，为北约工作通常需要至少获得秘密级别的许可，甚至更高。大部分质疑都围绕着实习生在欺诈发现后如何被洗清罪名。
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told the committee that working for NATO usually requires at least a secret level clearance if not higher. Much of the questioning revolved around how the intern was cleared after the fraud finding.
“如果有人愿意为了在联邦政府找到工作而撒谎，我们怎么能不更加谨慎呢？”保守党议员朗达·柯克兰在一轮质询中问道。
"If someone is willing to lie to get a job with the federal government, how are we not more cautious?" asked Conservative MP Rhonda Kirkland during one of her rounds of questioning.
周一出现在委员会面前的部长和高级官员经常回应说，由于调查正在进行中，他们在回答案件的具体细节方面受到限制。
The minister and senior bureaucrats who appeared in front of the committee on Monday often responded that they were limited in answering specifics of the case because there's an ongoing investigation.
议员们从官僚那里了解到财政部委员会如何为政府制定安全审查政策，但由各个部门的副负责人签署员工的许可。目击者作证说，在本案中，加拿大全球事务部最终授权。
MPs heard from bureaucrats how the Treasury Board sets security screening policy for the government but it's up to the individual department's deputy head to sign off on an employee's clearance. In this case the final authorization landed with Global Affairs Canada, witnesses testified.
CSIS政策和战略合作伙伴关系副主任凡妮莎·劳埃德（Vanessa Lloyd）表示，她的机构在这一过程中发现了“改进的机会”。
Vanessa Lloyd, deputy director of policy and strategic partnerships at CSIS, said her agency found "opportunities for improvements" in the process.
案件是“可耻的”：保守党议员该委员会的调查是由保守党和魁北克集团引发的，他们认为有必要查明加拿大是否错过了警告信号或危险信号。
Case is 'disgraceful': Conservative MP The committee's probe was triggered by the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois, who argued it's necessary to find out whether Canada had missed warning signs or red flags.
该党的公共安全批评者、保守党议员弗兰克·卡普托表示：“这是一种耻辱，我认为这实际上是可耻的，我敢说部长，是比利时发现加拿大人而不是加拿大在从事间谍活动。”
"It is a shame and I think it's actually disgraceful, dare I say minister, that it was Belgium that figured out a Canadian was spying rather than Canada," said Conservative MP Frank Caputo, the party's public safety critic. "Was this an intelligence failure? Yes, it was.
“这是情报失败吗？是的，是的。加拿大的国际地位是否因此而受到影响？是的.这是怎么发生的？我们没有答案。“根据网上信息，张此前还曾担任加拿大统计局的经济学家和加拿大航天局的系统工程师。
Did Canada's international standing suffer because of this? Yes.… How did this happen? We have no answer."
中国驻加拿大大使馆告诉加拿大广播公司新闻，坚决反对有关张代表北京行事的“毫无根据的猜测”。她仍被拘留在比利时。
Based on online information, Zhang also previously worked as an economist at Statistics Canada and as a systems engineer at the Canadian Space Agency. The Chinese Embassy in Canada told CBC News it firmly opposes "baseless speculations" that Zhang was acting on behalf of Beijing. She remains in custody in Belgium.