Johnston Cuts Ties with Firm Contracted for Special Rapporteur PR Work: Report

Johnston Cuts Ties with Firm Contracted for Special Rapporteur PR Work: Report
David Johnston, independent special rapporteur on foreign interference, presents his first report in Ottawa on May 23, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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David Johnston, the special rapporteur on foreign election interference, has cut ties with a crisis communications firm his office had previously contracted for public relations work, according to a report.

The Office of the Independent Special Rapporteur (ISR) said it stopped working with the Ottawa-based public relations firm Navigator shortly after Johnston learned that it had also worked with Independent MP Han Dong earlier this year, The Globe and Mail reports.