Breaking: Liberals ask parliamentary committee to study foreign interference in Canada's electoral system
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, faced with increasing political and public pressure to respond to media reports of alleged actions by Chinese government officials and their proxies to influence the 2019 and 2021 elections, is also asking a civilian-led oversight agency to scrutinize the work of two spy agencies — the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the Communications Security Establishment — in detecting and responding to foreign election interference.
Trudeau was not expected to announce the creation of a foreign agent registry, which he said last week the government was moving to create. That concept is still in the early stages of consultation. They suggested that a parliamentary committee empowered to hear top secret evidence about allegations of foreign interference — which Trudeau has pointed to — isn’t good enough.“What they would do is bring opposition MPs or leaders into a room, give them some information and then swear them to secrecy so they could never speak about it again. So effectively, that would be a trick to try and prevent anyone debating the subject.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday the Liberals and Conservatives are playing politics with the issue. However, while he insists a public inquiry is necessary, he will not say whether his demand for one is a deal-breaker for his party’s support of the minority Liberal government in the House of Commons.
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