Evening Update: Top Trudeau aide testifies on foreign election interference


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Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories: Katie Telford, Prime Minister Trudeau’s chief of staff and senior adviser, testified today on foreign election interference before the House of Commons procedure and House affairs committee. Telford assured Members of Parliament that no national security intelligence is kept from the Prime Minister, but she offered little insight into when he was first told of meddling in Canadian politics by Beijing. She had no comment when asked whether she was briefed on what the Conservative Party framed as a new allegation of foreign interference. Tory MP Michael Cooper told the Committee that...