A briefing note to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said media reports about Beijing’s interference in Canadian federal elections have taken a very negative tone regarding Ottawa’s approach to the issue, with many urging the government to take concrete action. “The tone was very negative,” said the briefing note titled “Media Analysis – Allegations of Chinese…

Commentary For more than 25 years of writing columns and making media appearances, I’ve often discussed the importance of controlling the political narrative. It’s a key component for successful governments, and an art form unto itself. The narrative is the messaging, or series of events, pertaining to a particular issue, policy, event, or controversy. There…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will force a House of Commons vote to have the prime minister’s top advisor, Katie Telford, testify before the ethics committee about her knowledge regarding election interference. All opposition party members on the Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) already support a motion to order Telford…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will force a House of Commons vote to have the prime minister’s top adviser, Katie Telford, testify before the ethics committee about her knowledge regarding election interference. All opposition party members on the Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) already support a motion to order Telford…

Claims of foreign interference in Canada’s last two federal elections are “speculative” and “not based on facts,” says Liberal MP Ya’ara Saks, who also said the federal Conservatives are spreading misinformation on the matter. Saks, who represents the constituency of York Centre in Toronto, made the comments during a meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee…

Canadians want “true answers and not political games” when it comes to ongoing investigations into reports of Chinese interference in Canada’s past two federal elections, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau made the comments during a press conference in Bonavista-Burin-Trinity, Newfoundland and Labrador, during which he was joined by the province’s premier, Andrew Furey. Reporters questioned…

The federal government is “hiding behind” a committee studying foreign election interference that is made up of parliamentarians but reports only to the prime minister, says Conservative MP Michael Chong. Chong was referring to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), which reviews matters of national security and intelligence and reports to Prime Minister…

Conservative MP Michael Chong says a committee studying foreign election interference that is made up of parliamentarians but reports only to the prime minister is unlikely to be very productive if past experience is anything to go by. Chong was referring to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), which reviews matters of national…

The Chinese regime represents an “existential threat” to Canada’s national security, says Liberal MP John McKay, whose comments come amid a flurry of reports that Beijing interfered in Canada’s past two federal elections. McKay, who chairs the House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence, made the comments to reporters in Ottawa on March 8….

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party is not “ruling out” the possibility of ending its supply-and-confidence agreement with the Liberal government if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fails to call a public inquiry into reports of foreign election interference. Singh said on an episode of the Roy Green Show podcast on March 4 that while terminating the…