The West Block – Episode 24, Season 12
: Is Ottawa doing enough to tell you what foreign countries like China are doing to interfere in our democracy?The opposition says absolutely not. Prime Minister Trudeau says his government is on top of it. So what’s the truth?With allegations flying about China’s medaling, we cut through the political noise.
: “Justin Trudeau has ducked more questions than there have been spy balloons shot down by NORAD over this one, really.”: He’s resisting efforts for a national—a public inquiry, which there should be.: Questions about China interfering in Canada’s democracy and medaling in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections have been swirling around Parliament Hill for months now, but the issue has really been heating up over the past week.
If you’re wondering what all of this means, you’re not alone. So we’ve brought in two former senior public servants to talk about this.Joining me now is former Privy Council clerk, Michael Wernick and former Communications and Security Establishment assistant deputy minister, Artur Wilczynski. Thank you both for joining us.
: Well I think one of the driving issues here is retaining the confidence of Canadians, trust of Canadians in not just elections but their political institutions, their democracy, in politicians. So the issue is much broader than where it started a few weeks ago about China’s role in a specific election. I think we do now have an issue about retaining Canadians trust in their democratic process.
: So I think transparency is essential and I think transparency is something that we can do more of within the security intelligence community. But I think as Michael said, you know, restoring Canadians trust in all institutions of our democracy are important. So there are two elements of that. One, we have to have an appropriate retrospective look at what happened and I think we have some really important institutions in Canada that can help us do that.
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