Foreign-Interference Office Coming ‘Soon’ but Not yet Ready to Launch: Mendicino

Foreign-Interference Office Coming ‘Soon’ but Not yet Ready to Launch: Mendicino
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 26, 2023. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign-interference office they promised in last month’s federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegations that Beijing interfered in recent federal elections.

“The work has already started,” Mendicino said in French during Thursday testimony to the House of Commons procedure committee.