Liberals Support Interference Inquiry Probe MPs’ Links to Foreign States: Minister

Published on June 10, 2024

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says his party supports a motion to have the foreign interference commission investigate the issue of parliamentarians working on behalf of foreign states. “We agree with members of this House that the appropriate forum to look at these matters is the commission already set up and operating,” Mr. LeBlanc said June 10 in the House of Commons. Bloc Québécois MP René Villemure tabled a motion earlier that day requesting terms of reference of the commission be expanded to allow the investigation of both senators and MPs elected in 2019 and 2021. The motion also expresses “concern that certain elected officials may be wittingly or unwittingly working in the interests of foreign powers.”...

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