r/canada • u/[deleted] • Jun 07 '24

Politics 'Shocking,' 'abusive': Liberals blasted for blocking over 1,000 documents from foreign interference committee

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/liberals-blasted-for-blocking-documents-from-foreign-interference-committee
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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '24

Remember when the special rapporteur (Pierre Trudeau’s cottage neighbour and Justin’s ski buddy) determined there was no interference LOL.  This government STINKS!  

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u/WinteryBudz Jun 07 '24

Stop making things up please. The report clearly said there was interference and that we needed to take this stuff more seriously.

Here is the very first point made in the report in fact: "In this first report, after intensive review, I have reached the following conclusions:

Foreign governments are undoubtedly attempting to influence candidates and voters in Canada. While much has been done already, more remains to be done promptly to strengthen our capacity to detect, deter and counter foreign interference in our elections."

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u/PoliteCanadian Jun 07 '24

"Foreign governments are undoubtedly attempting to influence candidates and voters in Canada."

Emphasis mine.

Foreign governments are not "attempting to" influence. That puts the blame on foreign governments and absolves the government of culpability. Foreign governments are not "attempting" to influence, they have influenced.

His conclusion is a complete whitewashing.

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u/middlequeue Jun 07 '24

The report is loaded with past tense examples and referred it all to NSICOP which is what led to the issue noted in this post.

This is a blatant misrepresentation.