MPs discuss bombshell report on foreign interference | Power Play with Vassy Kapelos

[@Lifegoal2030]

Horrible government. Simply the worst.

[@twangwwfa9017]

Michael Chong is a class act, bravo

[@Thunderpussy1234]

half of Canada's Members of Parliament hold passports to other countries..

[@louissehighlights6783]

💯💯💯

[@bradbooth1177]

Why ask the liberals anything. Knowing you never get a answer.

[@dogoftheg]

Now you know why the Conservatives waited. Patience pays off.

[@fredrobinson4332]

The CONS are involved. Are you truly that naive?

[@aryandixit229]

I can tell you 100% that whatever interference happened was in favour of Trudeau not Poilievre. I want to know the names of the individuals that they are speaking of. My hunch is that it is not just one country but several countries.

[@irenecole100]

They are probably working hard and lots of gift exchanging going on to cover this up like a dog with his bone to protect the Libs once again just like the last time they were called out on this. Horrific what has happened to Canada and continues to go on.

[@Isobel667-ht2es]

100% agree

[@CP-vm1sb]

Bingo! If it was the cons, their names would have been released a long time ago.

[@fredrobinson4332]

Do you have any idea, any idea at all how naive you are in your wishful thinking. Singh is now privy to intelligence and right out of the blue he wants CONservative investigated for playing a part. Coincidence? I know you would love to believe that.

[@edwardthompson5940]

All it would take is the ndp stop backing Trudeau then and only then will Canadians get the truth and answers

[@littlelittle5]

How many more SCANDALS are coming?

[@terrymckenzie8786]

Wait until pp gets in. It gets worse.

[@Princessthickness]

One a day till elections day😂

[@JohnSmith-oe5kx]

Who knows? But there have been MORE than enough already, I cannot figure out how the Liberals still have the support that they do

[@terrymckenzie8786]

@@JohnSmith-oe5kx Wait until PP gets in😂 There will be scandals u heard of, starting with most of his cabinet being Loblaws lobbyists Hope Trudeaus is still opposition leader so he can crucify him.

[@YTStopCensoringFreedomOfspeech]

Many more, they will blame Mexico or other countries to prepare Canadians for war. They want your sons to be broke and to enlist.

[@tonycommisso4096]

Seems like everyday a new Liberal scandal

[@Thunderpussy1234]

half of Canada's Members of Parliament hold passports to other countries..

[@robertserafin5836]

Restaurants have "soup du jour". This Lieberal government has "scandal du jour". FJT.

[@yarrdayarrdayarrda]

I've lost count in just the past 3 days.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

And yet as usual nothing happens.

[@rickpederson1219]

@@grandmufftwerkin9037 Because the RCMP are as corrupt as the Liberals

[@pascaldeslongchampsmoncton1490]

RCMP, what a joke. Go investigate, and bring some bloody accusations.

[@dev4statingx90]

No no, go after legally licensed gun owners instead lol

[@Goldencitygirl]

Back in the 60’s …70’s. Pierre Trudeau made it illegal for the RCMP to investigate Politicians… their hands are tied…we need laws that protects our democracy, and the RCMP work for the government, not the people…a new law enforcement Ned’s to be created that is not controlled by the government….

[@arsmaster]

Canadians don’t want the official opposition leader to be gagged by accessing these documents. Just release the names, I thought this was supposed to be the most transparent government ever.

[@jasonlauritsen5587]

They're totally transparent... that they're corrupt as can be

[@danielritter9784]

Transparent as a lead shield 🛡

[@canadian_investor7979]

I understand why PP does not go through the process, he would be gagged

[@S.W.A]

That's my understanding as well.

[@baybay1234]

How does this process even make any sense?😂 it’s mind blowing this rule even exists

[@maurinaseales4955]

Vassy you are what a great journalist is all about not bias and ask the hard questions no wool over your 👀

[@ryanbarton9388]

Cant's believe this criminal organization still get's over 20% support....crazy

[@blondelynne9717]

Right! Crazy!

[@brianjajam2135]

At this point, supporting this government requires a complete lack of morals.

[@spiderjerusalem6887]

they've imported criminals to vote for them for almost 10 years

[@MikeJohnson-o2p]

Seriously!! Liberals… why are some of you still voting for them?

[@timsmith5014]

low IQ voters like free stuff (tax payer funded)

[@billjeannotte9116]

We want names now

[@RealChrisFischer]

If it was Conservatives helping Russia does anyone think the Liberals would refuse to name those MPs? 😂

[@47J8R2N]

Names would've been leaked 15mins before the report dropped if that were the case 😂

[@julieniven3671]

So true!

[@larryprice6195]

If it was a Conservative, liberals would name, names far and wide. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!!!!!!

[@useyourmind5]

funny that the Tories won't name the names of the Liberals who ARE actually colluded now eh? You are inadvertently making the case for Liberals being MORE transparent and MORE patriotic hypothetically than the Tories are in this real-world situation. The Tories must be afraid to commit and be charged with slander.

[@googlesucks662]

This issue is as real as Trump-Russia and its promotion serves a similar purpose.

[@marckblay5941]

No Canadiens trust Trudeau nor the RCMP

[@BrendaMcLaughlin-xe5dj]

Justin Trudeau & Bill Blair made it clear who is in charge when Brenda Lucky “retired” quit. It is time CSIS & RCMP get the job done.

[@kanuduh5234]

@@BrendaMcLaughlin-xe5dj Trudeau already shut down the RCMP once with cabinet confidentiality. What's going to stop him from doing it again?

[@Arkhanno]

Speak for yourself. Just because you and the Conservatives are devoid of morality doesn't mean that everyone else is. Quit projecting.

[@kanuduh5234]

@@Arkhanno How willfully ignorant are you?

[@ImNotNormAll]

I will never vote Lib/NDP for the rest of my life.

[@adventuresbackroad2534]

Im never vote liberal and i will never ever.

[@Joyce-jr1zc]

Dittto

[@idol2984]

Yup

[@mikekenney5035]

It's pretty simple why PP doesn't want to be part of the committee. If he's in the committee he can't say anything about anything that is said in the committee. So what's the point in being on the committee?

[@tammyhaase7933]

So is this what he'll do as PM...turn a cheek and ignore it..he needs to get security clearance, every party leader should

[@mikekenney5035]

I don't know why he would want to muzzle himself in such a manner. It really doesn't make sense to me. The report is pretty clear but there are serious issues and the government needs to address them appropriately and not try to push them under the rug as they are currently doing.

[@AAnnie...Iamokay]

@@tammyhaase7933 It is a lot different when a person is the PM. They have access to top secret information as needed from CSIS or the RCMP. Poilievre and the Bloc leader are refusing this as it puts a gag order on them. They couldn’t even divulge information to anyone in their own party. It would be hard to hold the Liberals accountable when they couldn’t speak about this in the hoc.

[@marklundy6879]

As I said before. The RCMP will say there’s not enough evidence to investigate MP’s or senators.

[@MrMark021967]

And that’s why Pierre doesn’t want the clearance.

[@alexlaroque5108]

Time for a tax strike

[@MerlinKoch-e4j]

This makes me sick

[@warrendowd709]

Shame on the 20 percent ent of Canadians still backing this Liberal regime

[@marckblay5941]

RCMP will once again turn a blind eye to this and will never lay charges any liberal

[@MollyMarine]

Exactly. Millions of scandals and evidence to choose from, not one arrest

[@peterbutz642]

Pay to have the Commissioner in your pocket corruption run deep in Ottawa

[@williamashe4116]

Absolutely. RCMP will come back and say ,nothing to see here folks.RCMP is bought and paid for by the Liberals. Why investigate when we all know the outcome.

[@veloxversutusvigilans4133]

It was spelled out pretty well... the legislation current and in progress does nothing to allow the rcmp to improve their ability to turn intelligence into actionable evidence. Any sitting member should be ejected if the intelligence meets an actionable threshold even if it's not enough to bring cri.inal charges.

[@Cazador60140]

Poor Taleeb , stil on the old broken record tune of 'prevous government and and and , I , I , I , on , on , on

[@pathegreat3727]

Freeland said, “….having worked in authoritarian regimes, myself….” Does not that make her a person of interest?

[@derrickgibson4004]

Well said Mr.Chong

[@nooksweetco]

I like her!! No matter the side question everyone like a real journalist should. Awesome!!!

[@socksrwooly]

Oh I am her biggest fan!

[@rmartin5285]

She doesn't understand science though. Try listening to her when she's talking about climate change. Clueless.

[@MrJabez89]

My brain shuts off every time this Taleeb fella speaks. He is exactly what is wrong with this government

[@icantwiththis]

Ugh he's my MP 🙄

[@richardgibbins5612]

​@@icantwiththisI hope that misstep is remedied at the next election. Hes insufferable

[@johnnyguitar1422]

he is foreign interference

[@Alanom2007]

Mine does everytime any liberals speak especially Trudeau

[@annsumner8570]

One of the 1000s of things wrong with these criminals.

[@Houssein-qq8og]

Individuals in parliament should be investigated .

[@ArnieV-t1m]

The Royal Canadian political police. Yeah right they're going to get to the bottom of this.

[@vlogospheer]

Harping on Pierre's security clearance is noise on an issue that merits this government be dissolved

[@10toMidnight]

There comes a point where national security out weighs all else and we’re there. Name them and suspend them pending…

[@sarafollows8589]

Who is it? There are lots of candidates. It could be Minh Doan, Guilbout, Chrystia Freeland, Trudeau himself, anyone?

[@petedean1926]

justin had no problem releasing a name ie.Modi on nothing but an allegation !

[@littlelittle5]

Lets keep protecting the CRIMINALS.

[@timsmith5014]

the ruling class never gets punished

[@CRBCoaching]

Sign me up for a job with the ndplibs 😂

[@Spartisanhack]

So far, Liberals MPs John McKay and Judy Sgro, Conservative MPs James Bezan, Stephanie Kusie and Tom Kmiec and Sen. Marilou McPhedran have come forward to say they were targeted.

[@TheKevy]

Maybe this is why they support catch and release.

[@henrymiecz8566]

So PP is being attacked for not consenting to a GAG order where they admit he can't do anything about any members if he agrees to the clearance? This country is pathetic.

[@AAnnie...Iamokay]

The Bloc also. They told the Bloc during quest period that they would have read the names if they had the security clearance.

[@Jim-w9j]

This must take loads of money to hide

[@ugottabkidding...9942]

Yeah - our money 🤨.

[@daryletoews7099]

If Pierre got security clearance to the information he wouldn’t be allowed to release anything. That’s he never went for the briefing

[@ryanhogan359]

That's a complete cop out! Poilievre should have the clearance! There is ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE for him to have not been vetted........it literally blows my mind that ANYONE can support this ridiculous reasoning for him to not have gotten the clearance!

[@daryletoews7099]

@@ryanhogan359 He legally couldn’t release anything from the briefing. He might find information but can’t do anything with it

[@ugottabkidding...9942]

​@@ryanhogan359No my dear, it's complete corruption. If he reads the briefing he cannot say anything to anyone about it. If he does say something, he can be held criminally responsible. Either way, he's pooched. See how this works?

[@johnnyguitar1422]

@@ryanhogan359 You are so utterly ridiculous! Do you not clearly see that it's a tool for the Liberals to guarantee his silence. Let me guess you voted for the current dictator we have now?

[@TimDyck]

@@ryanhogan359I guess you don’t remember when Trudeau did the same thing in 2014. In fact this is a normal tactic by opposition leaders because they don’t want to know things that they cannot disclose to the public.

[@richardlane9582]

The Liberal on this panel? Isn't that the same guy who flipped about 26 houses in ONE YEAR before he became an MP? Tell me again about housing price inflation?

[@sapporoichiban3612]

I believe you are right, yes. I believe there were allegations of him being involved in efforts to block and slow down permitting to inflate his assets as well. The little twerp should be in jail like the rest of his buddies.

[@ABeech-zv5ri]

It’s interesting that there are no problems with levelling accusations publicly against ordinary citizens, but when our lawmakers are involved, it’s hush hush.

[@MegaJojo1912]

THIS is it! The last issue for this government. I demand a federal election to be called immediately. I also demand to know the names! I’m a grandmother from NS, the amount of overt corruption in our government is grievous!

[@robgervais2998]

someone out your way voted for this 3 times

[@MikeLeger-s2z]

wow this has to be the most useless government ever, they need to go fast

[@jgambler1188]

This would explain why Trudeau has been trying to hinder and navigate these allegations with things like a special rapporteur for over a year now

[@denisenorrie9447]

If that interferance did benefit Poilivere, I am sure that Krystia Freeland would have been happy to name the individual.

[@shakyjake2133]

The other question for me is why isn't Piere pushing hard for the release of these names? Tired of them being able to throw things under the rug, unless conservatives names are listed too?

[@kanuduh5234]

@@shakyjake2133 He is and so are a plethora of other conservatives and bloq trying to get this information released. The PMO wont even release documentation to the RCMP or the GG. What makes you think they're going to listen to Pierre?

[@AAnnie...Iamokay]

She would be screaming about it on mountaintops.

[@jjd4777]

Poilievre would be crazy to get the security clearance. It's an immediate gag order. Let the truth be known!

[@maureensokolovsky7938]

"you could ruin somebody's life? like they have ruined millions of lives?

[@GTR1266]

It is political and everyone in the country should know.

[@sandman9413]

If PP gets the clearance and views the intelligence, he is put under gag order. Just remove the gag, and im sure he will view it.

[@blakeboudreault8518]

If they were taking it seriously the pm would be sitting there answering questions not on a 6000$ a night hotel in France taleeb is an utter lier

[@derek89273]

What a bloody disgrace

[@thezappa7373]

How about trust but verify. Wtf is going in the country!

[@isabeltome9762]

"It takes this very seriously," I want to start a petition to bun this frase

[@liljes34]

This is so bad. What are they doing to this once great country?

[@cindyb1973]

I just hope over time it isn't swept under the rug.

[@Ironpumper]

Don’t give up on this topic, Vassy this is so important to Canadian democracy.

[@jjd4777]

Canadians want the truth. PERIOD

[@user-og7ke3br5h]

We pay their wages, as ‘employers’, we have a right to know the facts!

[@pedenspoint]

Trust? Trust who the RCMP? Trust the RCMP to investigate this?! Fkn seriously!!!

[@Tom-ut4jm]

This lady does a much better job than most, great to see, call them out on this garbage, thank you

[@donnarocha4043]

Who does the Rcmp report to. Curious ? I love Canada 🇨🇦 ❤

[@landsea7332]

As Jody Thomas stated to a Parliamentary Commitee , the Prime Minister would have been briefed multiple times about foreign interference in our elections . Yet he did nothing about it . This is the worst scandal in Canadian History . .

[@colbiecolbie6979]

Pierre wont get briefed because he will be sworn to secrecy. He will be unable to tell what he knows without charges

[@ferzadhazeri2377]

FJT

[@Magnetic121]

They need to stop blaming the previous government. It’s been almost 9 years.!!

[@Sun-Flw]

Liberal saying democracy is so cringy. They can't actively defy democracy and then use it as their shield when caught.

[@chrismifflin3862]

Trickle truth. This is much deeper than it appears.

[@richardwebber1626]

How many times needs it be said that Poilievre does not want a security clearance for then as His Majesties loyal opposition he cannot question the PM if he is precluded from doing so. It's not rocket science as to why.

[@isabeltome9762]

"Seriously" ban this word

[@cooperbrown1]

What part of if "PP is privy to the investigation, he cannot share that in public" does this woman not get!?

[@Sparkplug4712]

I WANT AN ELECTION NOW 🤬🤬

[@JustinHadley]

We all do

[@dannafarrows7650]

Thank you Michelle Chong Please save Canada and Canadians

[@Kolinahr1701]

What happened to CSIS?

[@righton6935]

Vassy has the best tv news shows

[@jeffcox7015]

If Truedop took this seriously why was it necessary to have a leak to bring this to light ?

[@landsea7332]

Why is the RCMP's saying they require proof ? They need to investigate in private . If they have enough evidence to place a charge , they should be forwarding the evidence to the Prosecutor's Office . But the problem is Arif Virani is the Attorney General of Canada and he is corrupt . .

[@myleswilson3118]

DON'T LET THEM REST ,

[@Sumit-CA]

Johnston cleared them and now this. Shame on him. This is his legacy that he will take to his grave.

[@keithbott7978]

If Polievre gets the security clearance to view the information, the security clearance wouldn’t allow him to say anything, so what would be the point?

[@cinderella5053]

RCMP are USELESS 😂😂

[@joycegielfeldt806]

They have gone back on their oath to uphold Canada and Canadians even against the government as they're supposed to be totally separate from any interference or ruling governments government

[@bettydesroche3025]

It is time for the RCMP to step up and do their job for Canadians who pay their wages

[@One_Guy]

Vassy Kapelos is an amazing journalist, reporter, news anchor!

[@Baileygirl2023]

Julian is giving NDP all the credit, but I disagree they actually did anything

[@Annie-y7e]

Will never ever trust this government

[@mikedarling905]

I am not bothered that pierre doesnt want to do the security clearance. he wants it open. i am fine with that.

[@flyboynextdoor]

🇨🇦🇨🇦Pierre for PM

[@jimg.4913]

"Singh is a target of foreign interference" - because he supports the Khalistani separatist movement in India - this is also the group that perpetrated Canada's largest air disaster.

[@AtteliaVel]

Can you quote jagmeet saying that ? Or is this just your guess

[@jimg.4913]

@@AtteliaVel do some reading. You'll figure it out.

[@AtteliaVel]

@@jimg.4913 You can't prove it so you ask me to do your work ? Next time just don't reply it less embarrassing for you

[@jimg.4913]

@@AtteliaVel NO - the problem is that KZbin will only allow me to reply with a single source when there are literally dozens of articles from multiple sources which show this. So you're going to have to do some research that is embarrassing for you.

[@AtteliaVel]

@@jimg.4913 i am sure you have hundreds of sources . Alot of crackpots on the internet making all kinds of claims . Funny thing is you can't even give me a quote which is what i asked for originally .

[@happyislandman]

The underwhelming response by our RCMP and politicians says it all. They don't care, interference is a feature of our democracy not a bug.

[@WendyCurry-er6iq]

Keep up the great work you do vassy. You treat all the politicians the same. Your amazing

[@dennissoppitt2267]

If this was a regular Canadian, his or her face would be on the TV screen yesterday!

[@gabrielconstantine7384]

Wish the country had a federal police force that would investigate these crimes.

[@GTR1266]

Make it public. This is a democracy right!?

[@richardlane9582]

The NDP and the Liberals are like a couple of kids who stole some candy from the store. the NDP kid says, "I'm telling" The Liberal says, "I will give you some of it" The Ndp kid, "Ok...but you are still thief"

[@angelapasquariello8165]

10 years scandal

[@DonnaB-5512]

Canadians have a right to know who is corrupt and who NOT to vote for...but since they refuse to release the names it must be assumed that no Lib MP or NDP MP is SAFE TO VOTE FOR.

[@wqv5423ln]

Right on !

[@theholygrailcatterychatter1584]

Now the entire House of Commons falls under suspension, not excluding the names of PM and deputy PM on the list, unless proved opposite,

[@MS-ii1sv]

Well. They don't work for Canada so I'm glad to hear they are at least looking out for someone's interest.

[@MargJorgensen]

If I were a suspect to espionage, not being a Parliamentarian I would not have the luxury of privacy. Why should any parliamentarian have this luxury. These MP’s should be treated the same way as anyone else. Enough lack of transparency!!!!! Enough!!!!!

[@sp1pilot]

Taleeb is such a slime ball.

[@PercyY-ib2vx]

The Liberals consistently deflect and distract when faced with direct questions, avoiding clear answers and instead repeating their rehearsed talking points. This reporter fails to call out this evasiveness, making the interviews ineffective and leaving the public without the critical information needed to hold the government accountable. This lack of accountability renders these interactions practically useless, depriving Canadians of the transparency they deserve.

[@DD-nf1yl]

We need to be more concerned about the extremist Khalistani group interference in our country’s political system in Canada rather than foreign interference.

[@Lisa-vk2jw]

These idiots in govt seem to forget they work for the public and we need to be aware of who those elected MPs are! Vassey is correct, they don’t need to be charged and convicted to be thrown out of caucus! We need a federal election yesterday!

[@raymaclam8062]

Make the NDP and Liberal parties nonparty status next election