Trudeau cabinet paper summaries on foreign interference leaked

Photo: Justin Tang The Canadian Press Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue says the public inquiry into foreign interference has been granted extraordinary access.

Jim Bronskill – The Canadian Press in Ottawa

Posted at 1:48 p.m.

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The Liberal government has agreed to the public release of summaries of documents from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office about foreign interference.

Four memoranda, generally considered confidential documents, were provided to the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference as part of its mandate.

In a news release Monday, the commission said that after extensive discussions, the government has agreed to make public the summaries of these memoranda, which will be presented as evidence during the current hearings.

The memos in question had previously been provided to David Johnston, who investigated foreign interference last year as the government’s special rapporteur.

Ottawa has also twice expanded the commission’s access to cabinet confidences.

Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue said the public inquiry into foreign interference was granted extraordinary access to classified documents and confidential cabinet information.