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The public inquiry into foreign interference will probe explosive allegations parliamentarians “wittingly” helped foreign governments and demonstrated behaviour that one federal leader said could be described as “dumb, unethical” or “foolish.”
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says parliamentarians who allegedly “wittingly” collaborated with foreign governments are “traitors to the country.”
The House of Commons is expected to pass a wide-ranging bill Thursday to combat foreign interference, by expanding powers for Canadian intelligence gathering, introducing new criminal offences and creating a foreign agent registry.
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says she has reviewed a top-secret parliamentary report on foreign interference and that there is no “list” of sitting MPs who have been “disloyal” to Canada.
Opposition parties are urging the public inquiry into foreign interference to investigate allegations of Canadian parliamentarians colluding with other governments, as described in a bombshell report released last week.
Nobel laureate and Ukrainian human rights lawyer Oleksandra Matviichuk is urging the international community to create a special tribunal to prosecute Russian President Vladimir Putin, who she calls the “biggest child kidnapper in the world.”
A former RCMP superintendent says the Liberal government is passing the buck by insisting it’s up to Canada’s national police force to decide what to do about parliamentarians accused of helping foreign states.
Canada’s spy chief says that political leaders could take steps to make sure parliamentarians accused of cooperating with foreign governments face consequences, even if they don’t face criminal prosecution.