No Reason Foreign Interference Legislation Can’t Be Passed Quickly: Former Clerk Wernick

Michael Wernick, Jarislowsky Chair in Public Sector Management at the University of Ottawa waits to appear as a witness at the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) investigating foreign election inference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 18, 2023. Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press

In light of controversies surrounding foreign interference and related government reactions, the former top public servant in Ottawa says there’s no reason parties can’t work together to legislate on the matter in the coming months.

Michael Wernick, former Clerk of the Privy Council, says this should be done to “protect the future.”