Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is still unwilling to open an inquiry into alleged Chinese election interference despite a committee vote.
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Conservative, NDP and Bloc Quebecois members of the procedure and House affairs committee succeeded in passing a motion on Thursday requesting an inquiry on the matter, despite opposition from Liberals MPs. The motion remains non-binding, meaning that the government might decide to simply ignore it.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
“I absolutely hear that Canadians want to be reassured that independent experts are looking at this issue,” he said. “They want to make sure that all the right questions are being posed by our intelligence and security agencies … and they want a level of public accountability from those officials to be talking about everything that needs to be done and everything that continues to be done.”
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