Johnston tells MPs foreign interference is an ongoing threat to Canada
“Foreign governments, including the People’s Republic of China, are working in hostile and clandestine ways to undermine our democracy,” he said. “I have identified significant shortcomings and the government’s ability to detect, deter and combat this threat.”
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described you as a lifelong family friend, a friendship cemented over many summers as neighbouring cottagers in the Laurentians. You never corrected the prime minister in his characterization of your relationship with him.”Article content Liberal MP Jennifer Connell accused the Conservatives of missing the larger point, focusing on the prime minister’s childhood ski trips at the expense of the important issue.
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