Both Jagmeet Singh and Elizabeth May have now read the unredacted NSICOP report, with Singh saying Canadians’ concerns are justified—but he won’t name names.
Nor will Singh stop propping up Justin Trudeau’s minority government, which allowed foreign interference to go on unimpeded for at least two elections.
According to Singh, after reading the report, he is now “even more alarmed than before”, adding that many MPs engaged in activities that were not just unethical but actually illegal.
“What I read absolutely bolsters the conclusion, and it makes me even more alarmed than before. The conclusions that were drawn by the report are that there were serious examples where parliamentarians engaged in activity that undermined our country,” Singh said.
He added, “Their conclusions were really, I would say, incendiary in a lot of ways. People saw that and were very, deeply worried. I’m saying that’s exactly how people should feel, that that feeling of being disturbed or being alarmed by the revelations in that report were maintained by the un-redacted version.”
Despite acknowledging that Canadians’ concerns are totally justified, Singh won’t release the names of MPs named in the report. He also confirmed that he will not stop propping up Trudeau’s minority government nor support a non-confidence vote to call an election after confirming the last two were influenced by hostile foreign actors.
“I want to make this point really clear: I’m worried about foreign interference in an election. I don’t want to cause an election to address foreign interference. What I want to do is use my power in the minority government to get answers,” Singh said, adding that he doesn’t trust Trudeau despite supporting him.
Elizabeth May brushes off the report
Unlike Singh, who, at the very least, confirmed that Canadians’ worries are justified, May has completely brushed off Canadians’ concerns, saying we don’t need to name names and expressing her distaste for Canadians who “use the word traitors loosely” when referring to people guilty of treason.
She also suggested that MPs who are likely guilty of treason are no longer serving in the House of Commons—again, without naming names.
