Trudeau Says Concerns About Collusion Report Relate to Interpretation, Cites Singh and May Disagreement

Published on June 17, 2024

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government’s concerns with some conclusions of a recent intelligence watchdog report on foreign collusion by parliamentarians are related to interpretation of the information, pointing to differing opinions among other party leaders who have read it in full. “The government has already highlighted that there are a number of conclusions in the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians [NSICOP] report that we don’t entirely align with,” Mr. Trudeau told reporters in a June 16 press conference in Switzerland where he was attending the Summit on Peace in Ukraine. He said this is “demonstrated by the fact” that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Green Party Co-Leader Elizabeth who have read the un-redacted report “come to differing conclusions on the interpretation of what it means.”...