Hiring a political consultant or pollster from the US or another country is by no means the same as what the the Russians are being accused of doing in the US election.

By the way, all Canadian parties have brought in US and other country consultants. Mike Harris and the Ontario Conservatives hired Republican consultant Mike Murphy to assist them. That turned out better than when Tim Hudak brought in an Republican consultant. And yes, Stephen Harper used lots of American political consultants and a few Australians (Lynton Crosby)