Canada Can Learn From Australia on Addressing Foreign Interference, Experts Say

Canada Can Learn From Australia on Addressing Foreign Interference, Experts Say
Clerk of the Privy Council Michael Wernick arrives for a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on March 18, 2019. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
|Updated:
0:00

A former top public servant and a prominent national security researcher say Canada can look to Australia for ideas on better handling the threat of foreign interference.

Ottawa should “copy and paste” Australia’s 2018 legislation that requires people lobbying on behalf of other countries to register with the government, said Michael Wernick, who was clerk of the Privy Council from 2016 to 2019.