Citizen Group Raises Concern About Johnston’s Adviser Being a Liberal Party Donor

David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference, presents his first report in Ottawa on May 23, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

A citizen group is raising concern that special rapporteur David Johnston’s key advisor appears to have donated over $7,500 to the Liberal Party of Canada.

Democracy Watch wrote in a press release on May 24 that while searching Elections Canada’s database, it found that Johnston’s advisor Sheila Block “seems to have donated a total of $7,593.38 (listed under “Sheila Block” and “Sheila R. Block”) to only the Liberal Party of Canada from 2006 to 2022.”