A House of Commons committee consisting of a majority Liberal and NDP MPs has voted against producing documents related to Beijing’s interference in Canada’s 2019 federal election that were presented to the prime minister and some cabinet members in January. Instead, an amended motion was passed that asks for presentation of documents in possession of “relevant government departments and agencies.”
The motion, introduced by Conservative MP Michael Cooper before the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs (PROC) on Nov. 14, stems from a Nov. 7 article published by Global News that reported intelligence officials warned Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several cabinet members in a series of briefings and memos in January that Beijing had been allegedly targeting Canada with an extensive campaign of foreign interference, including during the federal election in 2019.
