Tories’ Foreign Critic Says Trudeau Used Inquiry for Partisan Attack

Conservative MP Michael Chong leaves the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions after appearing as a witness, in Ottawa on April 3, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Conservative MP Michael Chong is accusing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of using his testimony at the foreign interference inquiry to launch a partisan attack against the Tories.

Concerns about China’s foreign interference have intensified since the release of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) report in June, which said that some parliamentarians are “’semi-witting or witting' participants in the efforts of foreign states to interfere in our politics.”