The Globe and Mail, citing unidentified intelligence sources, reported last month that China preferred to see Trudeau’s Liberals reelected in the 2021 election and worked to defeat Conservati…
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he will appoint a special investigator to decide whether there should be a public inquiry into reports of Chinese interference in Canada’s elections.
“We will ask the independent special rapporteur, as one of the first tasks of their mandate, to provide the government with a recommendation as to what the appropriate next step be — whether it be an inquiry, an investigation or a judicial review — and what the scope of that work may be,” Trudeau said.
He said that would result only in officials presenting opposition lawmakers with “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.”
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