Public Safety hears support for foreign influence registry as government looks to allies for inspiration

A second round of consultations has been launched into Canada's response to foreign interference, and cited recent changes to laws in Britain and Australia.

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc says proposed changes to laws countering foreign interference would 'give the Government of Canada another set of tools to detect and disrupt foreign state and non-state actors that attempt to act against our national interest.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STEPHEN JEFFERY

December 11, 2023

The creation of a foreign influence registration scheme could help provide the public with some sense of the extent of activities in Canada, according to an expert in cybersecurity, after government consultations found overwhelming support for the creation of such a plan.

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