Politics Briefing: Trudeau’s chief of staff Telford to testify on foreign interference in elections


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Hello, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff will testify at a parliamentary committee on foreign election interference, ending a standoff over the issue between the government and the opposition. Katie Telford will appear before the House of Commons Procedure and House Affairs Committee as part of their study into the issue. The turnabout came in a statement Tuesday morning from the Prime Minister’s Office, which said that despite serious constraints about what can be said in public about sensitive intelligence matters Ms. Telford had agreed to appear before the committee in an effort to make Parliament work. Opposition Leader...