Five key takeaways from CBC's interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the ongoing public inquiry into foreign interference is "a very clear way" to inform Canadians on how alarmed they should be about an explosive report that alleges some parliamentarians are helping foreign governments.

Trudeau made the comments as his government resists calls to release the names of MPs and other parliamentarians cited in the report, which was released in early June by a cross-party committee of MPs and senators with top security clearances.

The prime minister sat down on Monday for a wide-ranging interview with Power & Politics host David Cochrane, which included other topics like Canada's relationship with India, the planned changes to capital gains tax and the future of his leadership.

Here are the five key takeaways from their sit-down:

Ever since the heavily-redacted report was released by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP), the House of Commons has been embroiled in a fiery debate over whether, and how, the names of accused parliamentarians should be released.

During the interview, Trudeau said that disclosing classified information comes with risks, including putting the people who collected the information in danger and alerting hostile actors of suspicions.

"There's always, when it comes to national security, a need to balance what we can say publicly with what we can do to keep Canadians safe," Trudeau said.

Trudeau repeatedly said the ongoing public inquiry into foreign interference, which was set up to investigate allegations of election interference, is the best way to get clarity on NSICOP's claims.

He also said the inquiry "will do the work that is necessary to ensure our democracy is kept safe, and that the right processes are followed."

Last week, the government agreed to support a Bloc Québécois motion to have Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue and her public inquiry team review and report on NSICOP's information.

That said, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc has suggested Hogue would be legally prevented from revealing names. 

Some party leaders, including Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, have read the committee's unredacted report.

After reading the unredacted version, Singh suggested to reporters that he does not need to worry about members of his caucus.

When Trudeau was asked whether he could say the same thing about his caucus, he paused, then said that he "would be wary of any party leader drawing any sort of conclusion like that."