Politics
Lip service
The Canadian PM wants more than words from Russia’s action man.
Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has attempted to allay concerns of foreign interference in the country’s electoral process ahead of a general election next year in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations. “Canada has always had very strong electoral systems [and] we need to make sure they are kept up to date in holding off foreign meddling,” Trudeau said in response to Monocle’s question at a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday. “But there’s always room to do more.” When asked to assess Russia’s alleged role in foreign elections, Trudeau took an even firmer tone – a stark contrast to his counterpart south of the border. “President Putin needs to show that he wants to play a positive role in the international community,” Trudeau said. “Whether it’s questions around Nato, Syria [or] the Arctic, he needs to be a lot clearer in his actions, and not just his words.”