OTTAWA — The panel of senior servants meant to notify the public of any threats to the integrity of a general election was informed of irregularities in the Liberal nomination contest in Don Valley North in 2019 but decided the threshold was not met to make a public announcement, the public inquiry on foreign interference heard on Monday.

Nathalie Drouin, who was part of the Critical Election Incident Public Protocol as former deputy justice minister in 2019, told the inquiry that nomination contests usually fall outside of the panel’s mandate but said it still looked at the information received during the writ period as it was something that could potentially impact the credibility of the election.