Special Rapporteur on Foreign Interference: Mandate, Remuneration Made Public

David Johnston will be paid $1,400 to $1,600 per day on part-time contract

Former governor general David Johnston appears before a Commons committee reviewing his nomination as elections debates commissioner, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 6, 2018. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

The mandate and remuneration details of the “independent special rapporteur,” appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to investigate foreign interference in Canada’s elections, has been made public.

Two order-in-council releases, published on April 5, provide details on the government’s contract with David Johnston, whose March 21 appointment the feds said was “part of a suite of measures to help protect the integrity of Canada’s democracy.”