Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre released a statement on Wednesday calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to release the names of all MPs that have collaborated with foreign interference campaigns.
Justin Trudeau pictured (left)
Poilievre’s statement was in response to Trudeau’s explosive accusations on Wednesday at the foreign interference inquiry, where he testified that he had the names “of a number of former parliamentarians and/or candidates, in the Conservative Party of Canada who are engaged or at high risk of engaging with foreign interference campaigns”.
In his statement, Poilievre said that Trudeau won’t release the names, “Because Trudeau is doing what he always does: he is lying.”
He added, “He is lying to distract from a Liberal caucus revolt against his leadership and revelations he knowingly allowed Beijing to interfere and help him win two elections.”
According to the Conservative leader’s statement, he was briefed on October 14th, 2024 by a number of high ranking intelligence and security officials, including the Deputy Minister of Foreign Minister David Morrison, on the matter of foreign interference from India.
This development revealed that the CSIS Act does allow the government to offer information to any Canadian about the risk surrounding foreign actors, without silencing their ability to control their speech.
Despite this, the Trudeau government has not informed Poilievre’s office that any Conservative MPs have been a part of a foreign interference campaign.
The Liberal Party has refused to reveal which sitting MPs are allegedly committing treason against Canada, after a bombshell NSICOP report indicated that some are “wittingly” doing just that.
The Liberals have offered to share the names of the alleged traitorous MPs with the Conservative leader, but only if he goes through a security clearance process that could compromise his ability to challenge the government on the issue in public or in the House of Commons.
Trudeau relents after pressure
The Prime Minister previously attempted to block the inquiry from ever taking place after it was reported that China has been actively interfering in Canadian elections to help the Liberals win.
Justice Marie-Josée Hogue is leading the public inquiry into foreign interference, who noted in her interim report on May 3 that the Liberal Government is redacting and withholding cabinet documents, preventing her from fulfilling her job.
