NDP, Greens open to naming MPs

Committee report found unnamed politicians 'wittingly' collaborated with foreign governments

- RAISA PATEL

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh speaks in the House of Commons on Monday. Singh said he would immediately eject any member of his caucus should he learn that any of them willingly engaged in foreign interference.

It's possible that the clearest path to identifying the unknown MPs a recent report alleges covertly worked with foreign governments could begin with the leaders of the Green Party and the NDP.

The New Democrats' Jagmeet Singh told reporters Monday that once he receives a briefing that could reveal those names, he would immediately eject any member of his caucus should he learn that any of them willingly engaged in foreign interference.

But Singh said he needed to think about whether he would also identify Liberal and Conservative MPs should Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre fail to do the same.

"The question about whether I would name MPs of other parties, if they're in (the report), that's something I've got to take some serious reflection on," Singh said.

Green Party co-leader Elizabeth May, who is also obtaining the briefing, also told the Star that as long as she had assurances from security officials that she would be permitted to disclose information, she would be open to naming names.

The leaders were referring to a week-old report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) that found, among its starkest of revelations, that unnamed MPs "wittingly" collaborated with foreign governments.