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OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is asking the prime minister to allow more members of his party to be briefed on foreign interference attempts, after the leaders of the Conservatives and Bloc Québécois declined to obtain the required security clearance.
"I expect that I would be able to speak ... freely about my conclusions based on the intelligence I am allowed to view and that my ability to be critical of the government’s actions will not be constrained," Singh said in his letter to Trudeau.A spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office said they are reviewing the letter.
Johnston said the confidential information would be provided to those who got the right security clearance. The Conservatives have argued that Singh can force the Liberal government to hold a public inquiry, since the NDP is propping up the Liberal government with a confidence-and-supply agreement. In his letter, Singh said a public inquiry would restore trust in Canada's institutions, after a series of media reports brought allegations that China meddled in the last two federal elections to public attention.
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