The public safety minister is expected to testify at a federal inquiry into foreign interference just one day after announcing explosive allegations about crimes of murder, coercion and extortion in Canada linked to agents of the Indian government.
When asked Monday whether the inquiry’s mandate should be expanded to encompass some of the new allegations, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he doesn’t think it’s necessary.
LeBlanc says the inquiry is already seized with India’s foreign interference activities in Canada, and he has every confidence the commissioner’s report will deal with the allegations.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff Katie Telford, deputy chief of staff Brian Clow and senior global affairs advisor Patrick Travers are also scheduled to testify….