When it comes to the questions of what did the government know about China’s meddling, when did it know it, and what did it do? Canadians deserve transparency to restore faith in the electoral system
There is not much to quibble with in the terms of reference for a full public inquiry into foreign interference that the federal Liberals unveiled on Thursday, with one exception – the date at the top of the document.’s attempts to meddle in two successive Canadian elections, including efforts to intimidate one of the most outspoken critics of Beijing, Conservative MP Michael Chong.
, Bloc Québécois and NDP. Broad parliamentary backing is desirable for any issue that rises to the level of a public inquiry, but it is essential in this instance, with the integrity of the electoral system at issue.. However belatedly, the government has acknowledged the need for consensus. That will allow the inquiry to answer the most important set of questions: What did the government know about China’s meddling, when did it know it, and what did it do?
The commissioner must make disclosure the default, allowing Canadians to see for themselves what Beijing has been up to. The national-security bureaucracy has been indulged in its reflexive secrecy for far too long, waving the phrase of “classified documents” as some sort of talisman against mere citizens being allowed to view sacred texts. Much of what The Globe has reported should not be shielded by such invocations.
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