Johnston Says Not All Intelligence Reviewed in Reaching His Conclusions on Foreign Interference

David Johnston, Independent Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference, appears as a witness at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee in Ottawa on June 6, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press

Special Rapporteur David Johnston says he did not consult all relevant information to produce his report on foreign interference as opposition MPs challenged its conclusions during his testimony before a parliamentary committee on June 6.

“Am I confident that we saw every bit of information that we would like to have had or perhaps should have had, given the ocean of information? The answer is no,” Johnston said before the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs committee on June 6.