Category: Rapporteur

Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference: Mandate, Remuneration Made Public

April 9, 2023
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The mandate and remuneration details of the “independent special rapporteur,” appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to investigate foreign interference in Canada’s elections, has been made public. Two order-in-council releases, published on April 5, provide details on the government’s contract with David Johnston, whose March 21 appointment the feds said was “part of a suite of measures…

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Poiliviere Calls Trudeau’s Rapporteur to Investigate Interference a ‘Fake Job’

March 7, 2023
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said the prime minister’s “independent rapporteur” to investigate foreign election interference will not be “independent.” “He could pick someone independent, but he won’t,” Poilievre told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday. “He’ll pick another Liberal establishment insider—a real Ottawa insider with some gray hair who looks like a reasonable fellow, but we…

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