No Confidence Vote on Tory’s Foreign Interference Motion to Have Telford Testify, Trudeau Says

Katie Telford, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, leaves after a meeting of the Liberal Caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

A Conservative Party motion that seeks to order Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s top adviser to testify on foreign interference by Beijing will not be decided through a vote of confidence, says Trudeau.

The prime minister made the comments to reporters in Ottawa on March 21 before chairing a cabinet meeting.