OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed frustration to a federal inquiry into foreign interference that intelligence leaked to the media had been sensationalized.
In a classified February interview with the commission of inquiry, Trudeau said it was extremely damaging to the confidence of Canadians in the democratic process.
Allegations of foreign interference in the last two general elections — suggestions fuelled by anonymous leaks to the media — led to a chorus of calls for the public inquiry. There was no such announcement concerning either the 2019 or 2021 general elections. In both ballots, the Liberals were returned to government with minority mandates while the Conservatives formed the official Opposition.
"That foreign interference did not affect Canadians' ability to have a free and fair election," says a public summary of Gould's interview.As democratic institutions minister, she oversaw design of the protocol for making a public announcement about electoral meddling. "It could be either," she said."Canada doesn't have one national election, we have 338 individual elections that make up an electoral event. And so everything is context-specific."
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