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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Ismail Shakil

Canada PM Trudeau's top aide to testify in parliament on Chinese election meddling

FILE PHOTO: Canada's Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to news media outside the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 13, 2022. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bowed to pressure from the opposition and agreed to allow his top aide to testify before a parliamentary committee probing alleged Chinese election interference, his office said on Tuesday.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has repeatedly called for Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford, to speak in a parliamentary committee looking into the foreign election tampering.

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