Letters: David Johnston goes out on as low a note as possible

© Provided by National Post David Johnston was wrong to blame parliamentary partisanship for the controversy over his appointment as special rapporteur and his much-criticized report on foreign interference, says letter writer Tom Curran. ‘The Laurentian Elite at its most condescending’Re: David Johnston resigns as special rapporteur into foreign interference — Ryan Tumilty, June 9How easy it could have been. “I realize that the appearance of conflict is as important as conflict itself, and I regret the fact that I was too late in coming to that realization,” David Johnston could have said. It’s safe to assume that Canadians agree with Pierre Poilievre, that enough is enough when it comes to Paul Bernardo. Appointing one of these lawyers to aid David Johnston would have gone a long way to reduce the distrust that this entire affair has produced.