MJ Hogue has successfully defended Justin Trudeau -- again
This week Justice Marie-Josee Hogue released the final report of Canada’s Foreign Interference Commission. The report was the culmination of a year-long inquiry into the undue influence of China, Russia, India and other foreign actors on the Canadian government and citizens and the possible foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. As Canadians are discovering, the Hogue Report will be remembered more for what it did not contain than any of the facts and insights shared by the commission’s work.
In many ways the Hogue commission and its final report was a repeat performance of previous inquiries into the serious matter of foreign interference in Canada’s government and elections. Recall PM Justin Trudeau handpicked the former Trudeau Foundation CEO Morris Rosenberg to issue a report on the matter – one that exonerated the PM and Liberals from any foul play with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Then the PM was pressured into calli…