Liberals, NDP shoot down motion to call Trudeau adviser to testify about China’s election meddling
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‘This is just an effort to, let’s just say it for what it is: cover up the facts.’
(LifeSiteNews) — Liberal and New Democratic Party (NDP) MPs voted yesterday to shoot down a motion seeking to call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff to testify before a House of Commons committee in relation to recent reports of Chinese interference in Canada’s federal elections.
The motion, brought to the Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee by Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) MP Michael Cooper, sought to compel Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford to testify in front of the committee after recent media reports allege she was made aware of potential Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in Canadian politics via an internal government memo in 2017.
“In order to get to the bottom of the memo, and what the prime minister knew, and wherever he failed to act, it’s important that we hear from Katie Telford,” Cooper reacted after his request to have Telford testify was denied.
“This is just an effort to, let’s just say it for what it is: cover up the facts,” the MP charged.
Cooper’s desire to have Telford testify came after Global News reported Wednesday that internal Privacy Council documents from Trudeau’s federal government show that the prime minister’s staff was warned in 2017 that Chinese agents were “assisting Canadian candidates running for political offices.”
According to Global News,the memo was prepared by the office of National Security and Intelligence Adviser Daniel Jean at the request of Telford.
While Global News stated it cannot be certain Trudeau ever saw the memo in question, numerous reports since then have continued to indicate that Trudeau was warned by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) that at least 11 candidates in the 2019 federal election were under the direct funding and influence of the CCP.