Budget 2023: Liberals Add Foreign Interference Office, New Money-Laundering Rules

Budget 2023: Liberals Add Foreign Interference Office, New Money-Laundering Rules
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland makes her way to a cabinet meeting n Ottawa on March 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government plans to launch a National Counter-Foreign Interference Office, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegations that Beijing interfered in recent federal elections.

Tuesday’s federal budget earmarked $56 million over five years for measures to combat foreign interference, threats and covert activities.