Chinese-Canadian activists raise concerns over feds’ rushed foreign registry consultations

With many members of the community only receiving an invite four days in advance and a lack of transparency on who would be in attendance, activists are concerned consultations on the proposed foreign agent registry could be skewed.
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, left, speaks about the roll out of foreign registry consultations in the House of Commons foyer on March 10 alongside Liberal MP Ali Ehsassi, International Trade Minister Mary Ng, and Liberal MPs Pam Damoff and Taleeb Noormohamed.

Chinese-Canadian activists are raising concerns that the government’s consultations on a proposed foreign agent registry may not be a safe space for dissidents concerned with surveillance and intimidation, leaving an overrepresentation of perspectives parroting Beijing’s...

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