Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff has agreed to testify on foreign election interference at a parliamentary committee investigating the matter, his office says.
The news of Katie Telford’s upcoming appearance at the procedure and House affairs committee comes after the Conservatives tabled a motion in the House of Commons on Monday, calling on her to appear at the ethics committee, which is also investigating the matter.
Read more: Conservatives push motion calling on Katie Telford to testify on foreign interference Conservatives have been trying to get Telford to appear at the House affairs committee, but Liberal filibustering has prevented a vote on the matter.
The House affairs committee passed a motion calling on Telford to appear for at least two hours sometime between April 10 and 14. “While there are serious constraints on what can be said in public about sensitive intelligence matters, in an effort to make Parliament work Ms.