Feds to establish panel to alert public of election interference

NDP MP Nathan Cullen, the party's democratic institutions critic, raised concerns about the government’s efforts to compel the co-operation of social media giants.

Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould, pictured on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019, at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa where she announced new measures intended to enhance efforts to monitor threats of foreign and domestic interference in the upcoming elections.The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

January 30, 2019

Ottawa is setting up a group of civil servants responsible for alerting the public about political interference in the upcoming federal election, in an attempt to depoliticize the process, while it works to secure the co-operation of social media platforms.

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