ANALYSIS: Is the New Foreign Interference Act an Adequate Response to Beijing’s Meddling?

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons May 6, 2024, announcing newly proposed legislation aimed at countering foreign interference in Canada. The Canadian Press/Spencer Colby

The federal government’s foreign interference bill has caught the most attention for creating a foreign agent registry and allowing the nation’s intelligence agency to share information with non-federal entities.

But Bill C-70 proposes a host of other changes, which those who deal with foreign interference issues on a regular basis praise as valuable.