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Trudeau promised opposition parties fresh facts on foreign meddling — did he deliver?

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The Greens’ Elizabeth May says the secret ‘annex’ report failed to answer her questions
Months after the Liberal government offered opposition leaders the opportunity to view classified intelligence related to former special rapporteur David Johnston’s report on alleged China-backed meddling in Canadian politics, a dispute is brewing over what was promised — and what was actually delivered. Green Party Co-Leader Elizabeth May expressed frustration last week (new window) with the level of information provided to her in the classified documents and said she was requesting access to additional materials. Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Friday the information May saw was what she and other opposition leaders were promised. Before resigning from his role as special rapporteur, Johnston published an initial report (new window) that, in part, addressed media allegations about Beijing-backed meddling in Canadian elections and Canadian politics.
When viewed in full context with all of the relevant intelligence, several leaked materials that raised legitimate questions turn out to have been misconstrued in some media reports, presumably because of the lack of this context, Johnston wrote. Johnston’s report detailed the major allegations put forth in media reports published by Global News and The Globe and Mail and offered his conclusions on each allegation based on his review of the intelligence. In his executive summary, Johnston said he had compiled a confidential annex to his report that addresses the major media allegations in detail and includes citations to the intelligence documents and other products that led me to my conclusions. Source: ci. radio-Canada.

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