Decision on Potential Foreign Interference Public Inquiry to come Tuesday

A Senior Fellow with the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa says a public inquiry on foreign interference would help focus on the threat itself and how Canada should position itself to fight it.

Artur Wilczynski has spent more than 30 years in the public service working on foreign policy, intelligence, security and defence issues.

He says an inquiry would allow for a detailed and transparent conversation around the issue of possible interference by China in the last two federal elections. Wilczynski also states that the way the conversation around the issue has evolved in recent months has not contributed to an effective governmental response to the threats of foreign interference.

This comes as special rapporteur David Johnston is expected to release his decision tomorrow on whether the federal Liberals should call a public inquiry in the matter