CHARLOTTETOWN — It is taking longer than expected to find someone to lead a public inquiry into foreign interference because the government is in talks with sitting judges, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Tuesday, which means following sp
LeBlanc has been working with opposition House leaders since June to agree on the scope of a public inquiry as well as who would lead it. He would not confirm or deny reports many people had turned down requests to be the commissioner after the partisan fighting that led former governor general David Johnston to resign as special rapporteur.
LeBlanc said he would"obviously not" discuss which justices the government has spoken to about the possibility. Opposition parties have been demanding a public inquiry for months but the Liberals initially balked at the idea. They instead appointed Johnston as a special rapporteur to investigate specific allegations that the Chinese government had attempted to influence the outcomes of the last two federal elections.
Johnston denied any partisan bias and the Liberals pointed out repeatedly that he had been appointed governor general on the advice of then-prime minister Stephen Harper, a Conservative. Trudeau deferred questions about the matter to LeBlanc, who said Tuesday that he'd raise May's concerns with appropriate officials.
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