John Robson: Foreign Interference Inquiry Failed to Restore Canadians’ Trust

Commentary
The crisis of trust across Western societies has to be familiar by now. Faith in established institutions from government to mainstream media has plummeted, fuelling a populist surge. So whatever you think of its justification, you grasp that it must be taken seriously, right? Which brings me to the Hogue inquiry … and straight on by.
The Foreign Interference Commission, its formal name, “has finished its work and will no longer be responding to inquiries.” Which is a pity as I have several pointed ones, first among them, “Who were they, and what did they do?” surely the whole point of this inquiry into the scandal that erupted several years back….