Foreign interference allegations, hybrid sitting rules likely to dominate House debate this week

The government is ready to “move quickly' to replace David Johnston, according to Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc, who confirmed he will be “consulting experts and opposition parties … to assess who is best to lead that work' cdnpoli

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is projected onto large screens as he speaks in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 27, 2020. A parliamentary committee has recommended the practice of allowing federal leaders the chance to vote virtually be allowed to stay in Canada.

, who, during a rare Saturday morning scrum with reporters, confirmed that he will be “consulting experts and opposition parties … to assess who is best to lead that work,” while simultaneously criticizing the “partisan attacks levied by the Conservative Party” against the now former rapporteur. “It’s our government’s hopes that opposition parties will treat this issue with the seriousness it deserves and we will be able to chart a path forward,” LeBlanc

— one that, he suggested, could still lead to the public inquiry that the opposition parties have been demanding since the controversy broke earlier this year.

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