Conservative Party voices criticism of foreign-interference inquiry

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Open this photo in gallery: As the foreign interference inquiry gets under way, the Conservative Party is objecting their intervenor status.Fred Chartrand/The Canadian Press As the much-sought-after foreign-interference inquiry gets under way Monday, the Conservative Party is strongly objecting to being denied the same right as the Liberal government to cross-examine witnesses and view confidential submissions. Party lawyer Michael Wilson wrote to Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue late this week, saying the Conservatives are dismayed that she granted full standing to the governing Liberals, former Liberal MP Han Dong, now an Independent MP, and former Ontario Liberal cabinet minister Michael Chan, now...