Media lock-up to begin at 9:30 a.m., report to be released at 12:00 pm (noon)
OTTAWA,
ON, May 1, 2024 /CNW/ - Commissioner
Marie-Josée Hogue will release the Initial Report of the Public
Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes
and Democratic Institutions on Friday May 3,
2024.
Members of the media are invited to attend a lock-up at 395
Wellington in Ottawa, where they
will have access to an embargoed copy of the Commission's
report.
Members of the media previously accredited to cover the
Commission's public hearings will be admitted to the lock-up
without further accreditation. Journalists must bring their
accreditation cards. Members of the media who were not previously
accredited to cover the public hearings must request accreditation,
which requires a letter from their employer confirming their
assignment. Details of the accreditation process are
available on the Commission's website.
To be admitted to the lock-up, members of the media will be
required to:
- Sign an undertaking agreeing to respect the terms of the
embargo.
- Turn off (or place on "airplane mode") and store all
communication devices able to transmit and receive electronic
messages in secure lockers on site. Journalists will be allowed to
bring a laptop into the lock-up providing it is placed on "airplane
mode."
- Agree to submit to a security screening and a search of their
personal items at any time while in the lock-up.
Journalists will be admitted to the lock-up room starting at
9 a.m. on Friday, May 3, 2024.
Copies of the report will be distributed on USB keys at
9:30 a.m. A limited number of printed copies of the report
will also be available. Electronic transmissions will be monitored
during the lock-up. Anyone found to be breaking the terms of the
embargo will have their notes and USB key confiscated.
The embargo will be lifted when the lock-up ends at noon.
The Report will be posted on the Commission's website at the
same time.
Commissioner Hogue will make a statement to the media in the
Bambrick room at 12:15 pm. Her
statement will be streamed live on the Commission's website. She
will not take questions from the media and will not be available
for any follow-up interviews.
The undertaking is available on the Commission's website.
Journalists who wish to attend must read and sign the undertaking
beforehand and bring it with them to the lock-up.
The Government of Canada
created the Foreign Interference Commission in September 2023 to respond to concerns about
foreign interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.
In the second stage of its work, the Commission will assess
the federal government's capacity to detect, deter, and counter
foreign interference, and make its recommendations. The second
stage will also include a public input program and additional
public hearings. The Commission will deliver its final report
by December 31, 2024.
www.ForeignInterferenceCommission.ca
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SOURCE Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference