David Johnston has resigned. Now what?

Rather than appoint one rapporteur, Trudeau should call a public inquiry headed by a three-person panel lead by a chair. To avoid politicizing the nominations, the PM could appoint the chair, and each of the three opposition parties could appoint one person to the panel.

Irwin Cotler, top left, Richard Fadden, Ward Elcock, and Louise Arbour would all be excellent candidates to lead an inquiry into foreign interference, along with three other people suggested by the main opposition parties, writes Dean Baxendale. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and file photographs

Opinion

BY DEAN BAXENDALE

June 15, 2023

Late in the afternoon on June 9, as Canadians were leaving work, getting supper on, and generally doing their best to avoid the news, David Johnston resigned from his position as Canada’s special rapporteur on foreign interference. It was an ignominious end to a doomed en...

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