A public inquiry is needed to determine whether there has been Chinese interference in Canadian elections, says former Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister Richard Fadden.
“In this case, the allegations are so serious they need to be looked into,” Fadden said in an interview on Global News program The West Block on Feb. 26.
“I think the public inquiry is really the route to go,” he said, noting it should take place under the Inquiries Act and before the next election, and should be empowered to subpoena people and documents.
“I think the first thing we need to do is to talk about this seriously, and given the general environment Canada, I don’t think it’s going to work unless we have a public inquiry,” Fadden said….