Johnston reprises role as ‘adult in the room’ as special rapporteur on foreign interference, but a ‘big question mark’ remains on timeline and scope, say observers
Political scientist Lori Turnbull says the government would have been aware that David Johnston’s connections to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation may be questioned, but the ‘strength of the appointment’ meant the government was willing to ‘risk manage whatever mud can be flung.’
At a time of rising tensions on alleged foreign interference in Canada's federal elections, David Johnston’s selection for the role of special rapporteur shows he has “emerged as the adult in the room” who Canada turns to whenever there is a “political quagmire that ...
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