Foreign diplomats would be exempt from the requirement to register their activities
Canada unveiled legislation Monday to combat foreign interference by creating a mandatory registry for people undertaking “influence activity” in politics or government on behalf of foreign powers and giving Canada’s top spy agency more authority to combat threats.
The Countering Foreign Interference Act would create a Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner, to be appointed after consultations with the leadership in the House of Commons and Senate, who would hold office for up to seven years. This person, who would have the same investigative powers as a superior court, would oversee a new mandatory registry that would require people conducting influence activity for foreign entities in provincial or federal politics and government. It would also apply for influence activities aimed at indigenous governments or council and “any entity that represents the interests of First Nations, the Inuit or Metis.
Registrable activities would include communication with a public officer holder, communication of information to the public or disbursement of money or items of value, the government said in a presentation distributed to journalists Monday. Foreign clients would include foreign states, “foreign economic entities” and “foreign entities.” .
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