And here's the thing about inquiries, they are not always negative for the party in power.
Trudeau was vindicated in invoking the emergencies act as a result of a public inquiry.
Martin called in the Gomery inquiry in the hopes that it would clear himself of any wrongdoing after he took over as PM, so he can have a clean slate ahead of the election. While he did retain power he lost the majority, but not doing the inquiry may have been even more damaging.
I mean all Trudeau has to do is show up with golf balls for the inquiry like his predecessor.
Ironically Chretien claimed that having Gomery as head of the inquiry was a conflict of interest and should be removed.
According to Liberals, Gomery was in a conflict of interest as he once criticized Chretien publically. But according to same Liberals, Johnston is not in a conflict of interest in his rapporteur role, despite being close family ski buddies with Trudeau, despite being a member of the PET.
What the heck is Trudeau so afraid of when talking of foreign interference potentially impacting our democratic process? Are the revelations that bad? He should be jumping in head first.