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| Countering Foreign Interference Act | |
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| Parliament of Canada | |
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| Enacted by | House of Commons |
| Enacted | June 13, 2024 |
| Enacted by | Senate |
| Enacted | TBA |
| Assented to | TBA |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: House of Commons | |
| Bill title | Bill C-70 |
| Introduced by | Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs |
| First reading | May 6, 2024 |
| Second reading | May 29, 2024 |
| Third reading | June 13, 2024 |
| Second chamber: Senate | |
| Passed | TBA |
| Status: Pending | |
The Countering Foreign Interference Act is an act pending before the Parliament of Canada with the objective of countering foreign interference in Canadian democratic processes. The legislation consists of four parts, with the first three parts consisting of amendments to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, the newly renamed Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act, and the Criminal Code, respectively. The fourth part enacts the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act, which would create a public registry of foreign agents.[1]
The Act came in the wake of official probes into Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and the high degree of public concern these events generated among Canadians, and diaspora communities in particular.
References
- ^ "Canadian government proposes new foreign influence registry as part of wide-spanning new bill". CTVNews. 2024-05-06. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
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