Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he stands with special rapporteur David Johnston, who will continue to carry out his mandate investigating foreign interference despite the passage of a House of Commons motion calling for his removal. “He will continue his work in sharing with Canadians the concerns and the solutions around foreign interference. And…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he stands with special rapporteur David Johnston, who will continue to carry out his mandate investigating foreign interference despite the passage of a House of Commons motion calling for his removal. “He will continue his work in sharing with Canadians the concerns and the solutions around foreign interference. And…

Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says the Liberal government’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into foreign election interference will “destroy democracy.” “Canada is dragging Quebec into a crisis that is going to destroy democracy by covering [foreign interference] in secrecy,” he said in the House of Commons during question period on May 31. “How can [Prime…

All federal opposition leaders and various national officials are criticizing Special Rapporteur David Johnston’s decision not to call for a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada’s last two general elections. Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet, and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh all stated their disappointment with Johnston’s decision shortly after he announced…

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet scored 97.25 percent in a confidence vote at his party’s national convention on Saturday. It was the first test of his leadership since Blanchet was acclaimed leader of the sovereigntist party in January 2019. Under Blanchet, the party has won 32 seats in back to back federal elections in 2019…

Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is calling on the federal Office of the Auditor General to investigate a 2016 Beijing-linked donation sent to the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation, which had said in March that it would return the funds but reportedly never did. Blanchet posted a letter on Twitter in French on April 13 calling…

The only way to restore public confidence in the Canadian electoral system is to have an independent public inquiry look into reports of Chinese interference, says Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, Other opposition leaders have also called for a public inquiry. In a letter on March 14, Blanchet urged Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to launch a…

Bloc Québécois Party Leader Yves-François Blanchet is calling for the federal government’s recently appointed Special Representative on Combating Islamophobia to step down after meeting with her on Feb. 1. “I think she is still hostile to the notion of a secular state. She still has biases to deal with regarding the Québécois nation,” Blanchet said today in…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will facilitate a meeting between the federal government’s recently appointed representative to combat Islamophobia and Bloc Québécois Party Leader Yves-François Blanchet, who previously called for the meeting. Blanchet said during question period in the House of Commons on Jan. 30 that Amira Elghawaby, whom Ottawa appointed on Jan. 26, has made comments in the…