The Foreign Interference Commission will present its final report on Tuesday, concluding nearly 16 months of investigations into alleged foreign meddling in Canadian elections. The report comes at a crucial time, coinciding with the Liberal leadership race and the looming federal election, potentially as early as this spring.
commission will present its final report into the question on Tuesday, capping off nearly 16 months of work at a time when all eyes are also on the Liberal leadership race and the looming federal election, which could come as soon as this spring.
That interim report highlighted “troubling events” in the last two elections, which Hogue described as “a stain on our electoral process.”The first phase dealt specifically with interference that China, Russia and other foreign actors may have engaged in and any impact it may have had on the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
Current and former cabinet ministers — Dominic LeBlanc, Bill Blair, Pascale St-Onge, Mélanie Joly and Marco Mendicino — were also on the commission’s witness list.Health experts call Alberta COVID-19 report an attempt to ‘rewrite history’ Voting in the Liberal leadership race will conclude on March 9 and the new leader — and by extension, prime minister — will be announced on the same day.
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