Trudeau Will Waive Cabinet Confidence for Committee Investigations Into Foreign Interference: Report

Trudeau Will Waive Cabinet Confidence for Committee Investigations Into Foreign Interference: Report
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters before heading to a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 10, 2023. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will waive cabinet confidence so that both a committee made up of parliamentarians from all parties and a federal agency investigating foreign election interference can review classified documents that special rapporteur David Johnston used to inform his recent report.

This means that both the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) will have access to previously confidential cabinet documents.