Feds Eyeing New Ways to Publicly Flag Possible Foreign Interference During Elections
Allen Sutherland, assistant secretary to the cabinet in the Privy Council Office, appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, in Ottawa, on Sept. 26, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
The federal government is mulling new ways to inform the public about possible foreign interference developments during an election campaign, a senior official told a commission of inquiry Thursday.
Under the current system, a panel of five top bureaucrats would issue a public warning if they believed an incident—or an accumulation of incidents—threatened Canada’s ability to have a free and fair election.
