Foreign interference registry should include more explicit contact with leadership candidates and nominations, says Democracy Watch
With misinformation and disinformation tied to foreign interference under the spotlight, a government think tank named “people cannot tell what is true and what is not” as the most likely of 35 potential future 'disruptions' for which Canada needs to be prepared.
The government’s proposed foreign influence registry bill should be amended to more explicitly include lobbying of nomination or leadership contestants who have yet to be elected to public office on behalf of foreign powers, transparency advocacy group Democracy Watch argu...
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