Foreign influence transparency registry needs to be more than ‘political theatre,’ says Wark

National security expert Wesley Wark says the proposed foreign influence transparency registry should list 'foreign states of concern,' including China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran, and Canadians who have 'beneficial' engagements with them.
On March 10, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino launched a public consultation to gather input for the proposed registry—a process that will conclude on May 9.

The federal government’s proposed foreign influence transparency registry will need to “tightly define its purpose” and be more than “a piece of political theatre that is designed to falsely reassure the Canadian political classes or the Canadian public that a regist...

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