The Canadian government was slow in responding to efforts by China and India to interfere in the country's elections but their outcome was unaffected by the meddling, an official probe said in a final report released on Tuesday.

While foreign interference played no role in the outcome of the 2019 and 2021 federal elections, the government’s slow response to the threat remains troubling. That’s the conclusion reached by Commissioner Marie-Josee Hogue in her final report for the foreign interference commission on Tuesday — the end result of a 16-month long inquiry into allegations that foreign actors meddled in Canadian elections.

After 18 months of hearings and testimony from more than 100 witnesses, the Commission on Foreign Interference released its final report Tuesday. Here are some of the highlights: