David Johnston has recommended against calling a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian politics.
His decision comes after all opposition parties have called for an inquiry and after the government itself said it would support one — if Johnston recommended it.
“When I began this process, I thought I would come to the same conclusion — that I would recommend a public inquiry,” Johnston said in a news conference Tuesday.
“While it would have been an easy choice, it would not be the correct one.”
Johnston, appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a special rapporteur on foreign interference in March in response to the furor over Chinese government interference, has spent the last two months reviewing documents
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