Trudeau to waive cabinet confidence to let agencies review foreign interference documents

Trudeau to waive cabinet confidence to let agencies review foreign interference documents


Ashley Burke, Philip Ling · CBC News · Posted: May 25, 2023 6:41 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will waive cabinet confidence to permit two national security review agencies to examine the documents that David Johnston saw. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/prime-minister-will-waive-cabinet-confidences-agencies-reviewing-foreign-interference-1.6855162

"SNIP........

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has agreed to waive cabinet confidence so that two federal agencies can read the confidential documents David Johnston, the government's special rapporteur on foreign interference, reviewed as he produced his report on foreign interference.

Up to now, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) have not been allowed to review cabinet documents.

The two agencies have been tasked with reviewing what the Liberal government and national security agencies knew about allegations of foreign interference in the last two Canadian elections, and when they knew it.

The Prime Minister's Office told CBC News on Thursday that Trudeau would waive cabinet confidence "as soon as possible."

.........SNIP"