Trudeau and Poilievre Spar Over Tory Leader’s Refusal to Be Briefed on Foreign Interference

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre greet each other in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 15, 2022. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre sparred in the House of Commons on May 30 over the latter’s decision not to receive a confidential intelligence briefing on foreign interference following special rapporteur David Johnston’s first report on the matter.

Trudeau accused Poilievre during question period of “refusing to actually learn the truth when intelligence services are offering him a briefing to update him on all the facts” and “all of the intelligence underlying his concerns about foreign interference.”