Opposition MPs Call on Minister to Testify on Reported Delayed Wiretap Authorization on Michael Chan

Cabinet Minister Bill Blair says article containing the allegation is 'factually incorrect'

President of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair rises during question period in the House of Commons in Ottawa on April 25, 2022. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

Opposition MPs are calling on Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair to appear at committee at the “earliest possible opportunity” over a new report alleging he took months to approve surveillance measures against an important Liberal Party-connected figure in Toronto.

“Canadians need to know why it took so long for the Minister to sign off on this, when it could have been done in a matter of days,” opposition MPs on the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee (PROC) wrote in a May 19 letter to committee chair Liberal MP Bardish Chagger.