Parties agree on interference inquiry plan: Tories
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OTTAWA, Ill. – The Conservatives said all parties agreed Friday on the scope for a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canada. The agreement appeared to break the impasse between the gov...
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I want to see an inquiry that isn’t a bunch of performative political theater by the Conservatives and isn’t a dismissive whitewash by the Liberals. Let’s find out what happened, come up with a plan to prevent it from happening again, and move on. We have bigger issues to worry about.

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That’s exactly the problem. They both want to avoid each other’s dirt. So whatever happens will be another nothing burger to score political points with their respective bases.

The worst part is, I bet behind close doors PP and JT having a good laugh about all of it.

If it’s anything like that, the only solution would be proportional representation instead of horse races for our elections.

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I agree!

And of course, no mention of US election interference nor the encroachment of right-wing US interests into Canadian media.

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This was also my criticism. Any foreign interference inquiry not including American involvement is ignoring the mountain for the molehill. It’s moments like this where the mask slips on the true nature of our nation’s relationship.

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