ANALYSIS: What Happens Next on the Collusion of Parliamentarians With Foreign Actors

With the public inquiry delving into the foreign collusion of parliamentarians, Canadians may have to wait for months before getting more details and clarity on the matter. The Foreign Interference Commission announced on June 17 it would examine the issue, following a vote held in the House of Commons a week prior asking the commission to expand its mandate. “The Commission takes note of the government’s decision to resort to the process of an independent commission of inquiry to shed light on the facts and events discussed in the NSICOP report that refer to the role that certain parliamentarians may have played, wittingly or unwittingly, in foreign interference activities,” wrote Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue in a notice....