Trudeau Accuses Tories of Blocking Cross-Party Consensus on Foreign Interference Inquiry

Trudeau Accuses Tories of Blocking Cross-Party Consensus on Foreign Interference Inquiry
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 2, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Peter Wilson
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing the federal Conservative Party of blocking cross-party consensus on establishing a process for a potential public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada’s elections.

Mr. Trudeau told reporters in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., on July 5 that the government and opposition parties need to reach an agreement on both the structure of a potential inquiry and its leader before Ottawa can move forward on the matter, but said the Conservatives are refusing to “participate” in the process.