They must decide whether to continue blocking or allow a process to runhe introduced during a visit to Saint-Hyacinthe in Montérégie.

Talks started by the Liberals with opposition parties in June to determine next steps with the Bloc Québécois and the New Democratic Party are progressing well, Trudeau said.

But for now, it’s the Conservatives who continue to block the process we should take to show how serious we all need to be about foreign interference.said the Prime Minister in a press conference.

According to Mr. Trudeau, it is imperative that a consensus be reached on how to proceed. If we’re going to have a process that we can move forward with and that can work well with a credible person leading that investigation or that process, all parties need to agree on the framework, what we’re asking for as a process, and who person who will do ithe argued.

Last spring, the prime minister delegated the question of whether or not to conduct a public and independent inquiry to a special rapporteur, former governor-general David Johnston. In the recommendations of his preliminary report, the latter spoke out against carrying out such an investigation.

Mr Johnston, who the opposition parties accused – in reality or in appearance – of bias, resigned in June and Secretary of State for Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc then reached out to other political groups to try to find agreement on what to do next to do.

All opposition parties have been calling for the establishment of a commission of inquiry into foreign interference since March.