Johnston has his work cut out for him

Foreign interference allegations are not limited to China. Recent reports of Russian interference have also surfaced. Politics is always a messy business. With identity politics, it will get even messier, writes Sheila Copps.

David Johnston, pictured in the Centre Block on the Hill in 2018. The PM appointed Johnston the last week special rapporteur to look into allegations of foreign meddling in Canada's last two federal elections. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

March 20, 2023

OTTAWA—Surprise, surprise: the first political casualty of the Chinese interference allegations was an Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP. Vincent Ke resigned last week from the PC caucus, despite characterizing the allegations as “false and defamatory.”

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