Tag: PMO

Trudeau’s Advisor Knew About Chinese Threats to MPs: MP Chong

Conservative Party MP Michael Chong said on May 4 that he’s been told by the prime minister’s national security advisor that her department had received the information from CSIS about Beijing targeting MPs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had said on May 3 that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had not provided the information to…


Trudeau’s Adviser Knew About Chinese Threats to MPs, Chong Says

Conservative MP Michael Chong said on May 4 that he’s been told by the prime minister’s national security adviser that her department had received the information from CSIS about Beijing targeting MPs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had said on May 3 that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had not provided the information to upper…


Opposition Shuts WE Hearing as Liberals Again Refuse to Let Staffer Testify

OTTAWA—Opposition members shut down a parliamentary committee hearing Wednesday after the Liberal government once again refused to let a political aide appear to answer questions about the now-dead deal with WE Charity. Members of the House of Commons’ ethics committee had asked Amitpal Singh, a senior adviser to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, to testify after…


Tories Seek to Force PMO Staff, or PM Himself, to Testify at Commons’ Committees

OTTAWA—The federal Conservatives are seeking to use the power of the House of Commons to force senior Liberal staff—or the prime minister himself—to testify before committees. They’re introducing a motion today aimed at getting three members of the prime minister’s staff before the ethics committee to provide more information on the WE Charity affair. They…