Bloc Quebecois Leader Says Ottawa’s Refusal to Hold Public Inquiry Could ‘Destroy Democracy’

Bloc Quebecois Leader Says Ottawa’s Refusal to Hold Public Inquiry Could ‘Destroy Democracy’
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet responds to a question during a news conference in Ottawa on Aug. 12, 2020. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
Matthew Horwood
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Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says the Liberal government’s refusal to hold a public inquiry into foreign election interference will “destroy democracy.”

“Canada is dragging Quebec into a crisis that is going to destroy democracy by covering [foreign interference] in secrecy,” he said in the House of Commons during question period on May 31.