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A new Commons committee report on foreign interference calls on Canada to establish a foreign influence registry "as soon as possible" and to create new criminal offences to cover all interference operations.A Commons committee report calls for new Criminal Code offences to give the RCMP more options when pursuing cases of foreign interference.
The idea of such a registry — versions of which exist in Australia and the United States — is to make those dealings more transparent, with the possibility of fines or even prison time for failing to comply. The report says there are no punitive sanctions for the general act of foreign interference in the Criminal Code or any other federal statute. Because of this, the report says, the RCMP uses other sanctions and legislative tools in the Criminal Code or the Security of Information Act.
"Conservatives believe that this recommendation endorses the regulation or censorship of the online speech of Canadians in contravention of their Charter right to free expression," the dissenting opinion said. Reporters asked the vice-chairs how they define "online platforms," and whether the term applies to social media platforms alone or to news organizations like the Globe and Mail or CBC News.
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