Commissioner rejects Conservatives’ appeal for full standing at foreign interference inquiry

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Open this photo in gallery: Quebec Court of Appeal Justice Marie-Josée Hogue is heading the public inquiry into foreign interference by China and other hostile states.Université de Sherbrooke/Handout Justice Marie-Josée Hogue, who heads Canada’s public inquiry into foreign interference by China and other states, on Friday rejected an appeal by the Conservative Party for full standing during the fact-finding phase of the probe. Hearings will begin Jan. 29, the commission announced Friday. The Conservative Party was only granted intervenor standing during the first phase looking into foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections, meaning it can present evidence and...