Tue Mar 21, 2023 – 3:56 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) –– Upon threat of his government being potentially forced to face a confidence vote, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his Chief of Staff Katie Telford will now appear before the House Affairs committee to testify concerning alleged interference in Canada’s elections by China.
“While there are serious constraints on what can be said in public about sensitive intelligence matters, in an effort to make Parliament work Ms. Telford has agreed to appear at the Procedure and House Affairs committee as part of their study,” Trudeau said in a statement today.
For days now, Liberal MPs serving on the House Affairs Committee have been filibustering in an attempt to stop the committee from voting to force Telford to testify. Weeks ago, the committee voted to investigate alleged election meddling in Canada by China.
Only minutes after Trudeau’s announcement, Liberal members on the committee ended the filibuster by taking their names off the speakers’ list. Shortly following this, all members of the committee voted to summon Telford to testify.
She will appear before the committee on April 14 for two hours.
The sudden change to have Telford appear
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