Testimony by David Johnston — Justin Trudeau’s \u0022special rapporteur” on foreign interference — before a House committee, jumped the shark
Berthold wanted to ask Johnston about his comments in 2017 but Johnston apparently didn’t understand the French to English translation because he responded with an incoherent reply attributing the remark to Trudeau with regard to 24 Sussex Drive and Rideau Cottage.
This was most apparent during New Democrat MP Jenny Kwan’s exchanges with Johnston, given that she had obviously read his report — she’s one of the MPs CSIS has identified as targeted by Beijing because of her stand against human rights violations in China — and told Johnston she didn’t need him reading it back to her.
He also exonerated Trudeau and his cabinet from allegations they ignored Beijing’s interference because they thought it would work to their partisan advantage. Given that his report also said in the next phase of his inquiry he will not focus on “who knew what and what did they do about it”, it calls into question the entire purpose or what he’s doing — a point made by Conservative MP Michael Chong, who has also been informed by CSIS that he was targeted by Beijing because of his public stance against human rights abuses in China.
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