Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has joined a growing list of officials and politicians who are calling for a public inquiry into allegations of Beijing’s interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
“Conservatives are announcing today we support an independent and public inquiry,” Poilievre said while speaking to reporters in Ottawa on March 1.
Poilievre said that his party has a number of conditions it is requesting the Liberal government follow if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agrees to call the inquiry.
“It has to be independent,” he said. “All parties in the parliament must agree on who the commissioner is. We cannot have yet another Liberal crony named to head up this inquiry.”…