Defence Minister Bill Blair “dropped the ball” in a police investigation of Chinese contacts with the Liberal Party, the Commission on Foreign Interference said yesterday. A report cited legitimate suspicions over unusual inactivity in Blair’s office as public safety minister in 2021.
“Everyone involved dropped the ball,” wrote Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue. “When a Minister of Public Safety does not know he has to review a warrant he cannot exercise his statutory duty. However although the delay was unacceptable, the evidence does not show any wrongdoing beyond lack of diligence.”
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