Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette has contacted Canada's federal intelligence agency over claims of possible United States interference in the province's October 5 election. She said on September 26 that her government contacted the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and requested a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

The claims surfaced in a Quebecor media report. It said unnamed sources in Fréchette's government reported that American officials had tried to negotiate tariff deals directly with Quebec. A separate report cited a February essay by a little-known U.S. think tank, the Defense Analyses and Research Corporation (DARC), which urged support for Quebec's sovereigntist party, the Parti Québécois.

Fréchette said she rejected an alleged spring approach from U.S. officials about sectoral deals. Her office stressed it had received no information confirming actual interference. CSIS has not made any public findings, according to the reports.

Federal Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Ottawa is taking the allegations seriously but has not seen proof. The episode has put foreign meddling fears at the center of the campaign as advance polls opened.