John Robson: On Chinese Election Interference Crisis, Liberals Should Self-Reflect Instead of Deflect

John Robson: On Chinese Election Interference Crisis, Liberals Should Self-Reflect Instead of Deflect
Katie Telford, chief of staff to the prime minister, waits to appear as a witness at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs looking into foreign interference, in Ottawa on April 14, 2023. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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The long-awaited testimony from Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford on Chinese electoral interference finally came April 14. And predictably wasn’t worth waiting for since we got the usual Canadian jedi mind trick where we feeble citizens don’t need to see that information. But while it might seem odd that Liberal MPs staged a long filibuster to try to avoid her telling a parliamentary committee nothing, it’s actually an interesting case study in crisis management… in the spirit of Eugene Znosko-Borovsky’s 1949 classic “How Not To Play Chess.”

John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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