Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign–interference office they promised in last month’s federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegations that Beijing interfered in recent federal elections.
“The work has already started,” Mendicino said in French during Thursday testimony to the House of Commons procedure committee.
He insisted he wants to get the office up and running “as soon as possible”—but wouldn’t offer any specifics on a timeline.
Since last November, the committee has been probing allegations that China meddled in Canadian federal elections, which Bloc Québécois MP Marie-Hélène Gaudreau argued should have already been met with policy changes….