Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prorogues Parliament to facilitate a Liberal leadership race and his resignation. The Foreign Interference Commission's work will continue unaffected.
Trudeau announced on Monday that he is proroguing Parliament until March 24 to enable the Liberal party to hold a leadership contest. He stated that he will resign as leader and prime minister after a successor is chosen. This move halts all legislative proceedings and committee activities in both the House of Commons and the Senate, but the government will continue to operate. Independent offices, including the Foreign Interference Commission , will also remain functional.
According to spokesperson Michael Tansey, the prorogation of Parliament will not affect the commission's work, which aims to submit its report to the government by January 31, 2025. The commission had originally planned to submit its final report by the end of 2024 but requested and received a one-month extension in November. The inquiry was established in September 2023 following a series of reports by Global News and the Globe and Mail revealing alleged attempts by foreign entities, such as China, to interfere in recent federal elections, raising concerns about the government's response. The commission's recent public hearings in the fall focused on the capacity of agencies to detect and counter foreign interference. In an interim report released in May, inquiry commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue stated that Chinese interference did not influence the overall outcome of the last two general elections. However, the report acknowledged that interference may have affected the results in a small number of electoral districts, although it could not confirm this definitively
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