“The set of legislative reforms we are putting forth today for consultation 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,” said Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Dominic LeBlanc in a Nov. 24 news release.
The minister calls foreign interference in Canadians institutions or others sectors of society “plainly unacceptable.”
“That is why we have put robust measures in place over the last few years to counter it and are always looking for ways to further strengthen those measures.”
A foreign influence registry would require people acting on behalf of a foreign state in order to advance its goals to disclose their ties. While the United States and Australia have foreign agent registries, Public Safety Canada only began public consultations on creating one in March 2023.