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Canada foreign interference rapporteur resigns amid accusations of partiality

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Canada foreign interference rapporteur resigns amid accusations of partiality

Yuxin Nie | Wuhan U. School of Law, CN

June 11, 2023 09:14:15 am

Canada’s foreign interference special rapporteur David Johnston resigned on Thursday amid accusations of partiality, citing a “highly partisan atmosphere” that emerged around his work. Johnston, a former governor-general of Canada, was appointed as the country’s first special rapporteur on foreign interference in 2020. His role was to investigate and report on foreign interference in Canadian [...]

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