Who should know what at core of opposition leaders’ refusal to look at top-secret annex

It should be an opposition caucus member, but not the leader, that looks at the classified annex, says former Tory staffer Andrew House.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has maintained that there should be a public inquiry into interference by foreign governments into Canadian elections, but doesn't want to see the classified intel on offer.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

May 31, 2023

As some opposition leaders spurn an offer to look at secret information behind the report that recommended against a public inquiry on foreign electoral interference, politicos say the refusal is a legitimate protection from being accused of releasing classified material, wh...

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