Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberal government plans to launch a National Counter-Foreign Interference Office, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegations that Beijing interfered in recent federal elections.
Liberal House leader Mark Holland isn't ruling out turning a Conservative motion on foreign interference into a confidence vote that could topple the government and would test the strength of the supply-and-confidence deal between the Liberals and the NDP.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has accused Trudeau and Johnston of being too close, noting the prime minister has previously called them family friends.
Federal opposition parties continued to call for a public inquiry into foreign interference on Thursday, March 16, 2023, as the NDP welcomed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's choice of a special rapporteur.
Former governor general David Johnston has been asked to get to the bottom of China's interference in our elections. But the calculus behind his involvement, and the reaction to it, says more about our politics than we might want to hear, writes columnist Max Fawcett.
David Johnston has been asked to look into allegations of foreign meddling in Canada's last two federal elections and recommend what the Liberal government should do about it.
If Shakespeare thought misery acquaints people with strange bedfellows, he may well agree that mourning a cherished monarch may also bridge some political divides.
The toll of bells, crescendo of bagpipes and echo of drums abruptly gave way to sombre silence early on Monday, September 19, 2022, morning as state funeral proceedings for Queen Elizabeth got underway at historic Westminster Abbey.
Mourners assembled outside Westminster Abbey stood in respectful silence on Monday, September 19, 2022, as Queen Elizabeth's coffin was carried out of the historic church at the end of her official state funeral.
Canada is sending a handful of celebrities alongside its official delegation to the queen's state funeral on Monday, September 19, 2022, in London, England.
