Murphys Logic: Foreign-collaborating MPs must be held accountable [Video]

Governments issue so many reports about so many things it can be difficult to keep track of them all. Most people don’t even try.

A large part of the problem is inquiries that produce reports are often commissioned by politicians facing hot controversies they don’t want to deal with. It’s a stalling tactic. The findings are presented many months or years later – after the given controversy has faded.

But a parliamentary report released last week shouldn’t be ignored or allowed to fade away. The National Security and Intelligence Committee, which has been investigating foreign interference in our electoral process, found a number of our elected MPs have been wittingly – knowingly – collaborating with foreign governments for their own political advantage.

Without more detailed information, we don’t know if this conduct rises to the level of treason, but we do know it’s not acceptable. There simply can be no …