David Johnston will testify before Parliamentary committee as resignation calls continue
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The 81-year-old former governor general will be at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee (PROC) for three hours on Tuesday, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern.
David Johnston is set to appear at a House of Commons committee investigating claims of foreign interference as calls continue for his resignation as the government’s special rapporteur.
The 81-year-old former governor general will be at the Procedure and House Affairs Committee (PROC) for three hours on Tuesday, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Johnston, who was named special rapporteur by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to investigate claims of foreign interference, has been under scrutiny over reported ties to Trudeau and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
He has faced renewed scrutiny from opposition MPs since releasing his interim report last month, which found an independent public inquiry — a forum opposition MPs have been seeking for month to investigate the claims — was not warranted.
Last Wednesday, opposition MPs voted in favour of a non-binding NDP motion for Johnston to step aside as special rapporteur. The final vote was 174-150, with Liberal MPs voting against the motion.
In explaining the reasoning behind the motion, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said there was a “clear apprehension of bias at this point” about Johnston and his connections to both the Trudeau Foundation and the Trudeau family.
“The appearance of bias is so high that it erodes the work that the special rapporteur can do,” he told reporters last Monday.
In response to the vote, Johnston said he would not be leaving his role.
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