Special rapporteur said that a formal inquiry into foreign interference is not needed, that public hearings should be held
“When viewed in full context with all of the relevant intelligence, several leaked materials that raised legitimate questions turn out to have been misconstrued in some media reports, presumably because of the lack of this context,” it said, pointing to reports from Global News and the Globe and Mail that have dominated the political conversation around interference.
The report warned that excessive partisanship in the way the issue is discussed is making the country more vulnerable to external threats. On Monday, former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole strongly criticized the process Johnston had followed to date in an online post. On Monday, O’Toole, who is preparing to leave public office next month, said neither he, or current party leader Pierre Poilievre, were contacted by Johnston’s team until the final week of his interview process.
The Conservative leader last week described him as “Justin Trudeau’s ski buddy, his cottage neighbour, his family friend and a member of the Trudeau Foundation, which got $140,000 from Beijing.”Article content
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