Appearing before the Procedure and House Affairs Committee — which has been taking the parliamentary lead in probing allegations of attempts by China to interfere in Canadian political affairs — Johnston will be in theIn his opening remarks, Johnston addressed the allegations swirling around him, calling them "quite simply false."
Both Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh showed up to a committee they don't sit on to question Johnston themselves. "The approach that the opposition parties, particularly the Conservatives, have taken in terms of personal attacks, in terms of smearing David Johnston and his team are absolutely irresponsible and unserious. The issue of foreign interference is one that needs to be taken seriously and falling into baseless partisan attacks isn't worthy of the work that we need to do together as parliamentarians," said the prime minister.