Lack of foreign interference registry ‘mystifying’ as Canada attempts diplomatic reset with primary culprits, says NDP MP Jenny Kwan

The delay in naming a commissioner to lead the foreign interference registry is 'clearly linked' to the foreign minister's recent travel to India and China, suggests national security expert Dan Stanton.

Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said in August he planned to consult recognized party leaders on candidates for the promised Foreign Interference Transparency Registry before Parliament returned, but neither those consultations nor the registry have materialized.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY STUART BENSON

October 22, 2025

As Prime Minister Mark Carney attempts a diplomatic reset with China and India, his government has yet to name its candidate to oversee the promised foreign interference registry to address the threat of political meddling and transnational repression.

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