For you, Canadian everyman, our nation’s scandals aren’t experienced all that differently: news of deep corruption or incompetence catches wind, people get mad, bureaucratic bodies diffuse blame — and ultimately, no one pays the price. Well, except for you, who has to learn to do better.

On Tuesday, this seemed to be the formula used by foreign interference commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue, who released a report containing the findings of her two-year investigation into possible Chinese (and more!) meddling in the 2019 and 2021 elections. Which, of course, cast no shadows on any public officials of any sort while using the occasion to suggest a crackdown on Canadian free expression.