A senior Conservative MP says he is "very disappointed" with CSIS head Richard Fadden's controversial remarks about foreign governments wielding too much influence over Canadian politicians.

Alberta MP Deepak Obhrai, who regularly speaks on behalf of the government in the House of Commons as parliamentary secretary to the Foreign Affairs Minister, became visibly agitated Monday in Toronto when asked for his reaction to what Mr. Fadden said in a recent CBC interview. In that interview, Mr. Fadden suggested that hostile foreign entities - possibly China - had infiltrated Canadian politics, including at the municipal level in British Columbia.

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