Canadians ‘want the facts’ as Johnston’s call on interference inquiry looms: experts
Federal campaign officials testify on foreign election interference
Michael Wernick, who holds the Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management at the University of Ottawa and is the former clerk of the Privy Council, told Global News that while an inquiry may be necessary to restore public confidence, it is a “looking backwards exercise.”“It’s inevitable that an inquiry would recommend strengthening Canadian legislation on foreign interference.… The inquiry is not the place to write legislation — that’s the job of legislators and parliamentarians,” he said.
“I’m not sure that it’s going to be easy to find any Canadian to head this inquiry that won’t become the subject of partisan attacks and trolling,” he added.“It would be a good idea to ask somebody from the U.K. or Australia to lead the inquiry, somebody who’s familiar with national security issues, somebody who has government experience. There are plenty of people in the U.K. and Australia who might be suitable to run this exercise.
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