Liberals say foreign meddling inquiry should look into MP allegations

The Liberals support an effort to expand the scope of the foreign interference inquiry so it can investigate allegations against MPs, Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Monday.

The Liberals support an effort to have the foreign interference inquiry investigate allegations against MPs, Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Monday. 

He told the House of Commons that government MPs would support a Bloc Québécois motion that calls on the inquiry to dig into findings by a national security committee that some MPs "wittingly" participated in foreign meddling.

The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians released its bombshell findings in a report last week. 

LeBlanc previously said the government wouldn't release the names of accused MPs, saying intelligence reports can contain unverified information and it's up to the RCMP to lay charges where appropriate. 

The Conservatives and NDP have both penned letters to LeBlanc saying the inquiry led by Quebec judge Marie-Josée Hogue must be asked to report on the allegations. 

The Conservatives said they want the commission to issue a "finding of fact" for each case in which an MP or Senator is alleged to have knowingly participated in interference. The party said in a press release it’s crucial the Liberal government "provide full, unredacted information so they can independently access these accusations."

The NDP asked the government to ensure the Hogue Commission looks into the parliamentarians who participated in meddling and into findings involving interference by China and India in the Conservative Party’s leadership races.