Ottawa needs to do more to address foreign interference, government adviser says

Canadian and Chinese flags on display ahead of a meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and China’s President Xi Jinping in Beijing, on Dec. 5, 2017.FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images The federal government needs to do more to address foreign interference in Canada's elections and should consider calling a public inquiry, said the author of a report reviewing Ottawa's efforts to protect the integrity of elections. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has resisted calls for a public inquiry in the wake of reports from The Globe and Mail, based on leaked Canadian Security Intelligence Service documents, that China employed a sophisticated strategy to…