Tories Back Liberal Foreign Interference Legislation, Urge Quick Passage

The Conservative Party has thrown its support behind a Liberal government bill designed to combat foreign interference in Canadian elections, marking a bipartisan collaboration. Conservative MP Michael Chong, serving as the party’s foreign affairs critic, called on Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc to expedite the passage of Bill C-70 before the next election, to ensure measures aimed at safeguarding the democratic electoral process are in place. The bill would create a foreign influence transparency registry and increase criminal penalties for foreign meddling. “Canada’s democracy has never been more vulnerable to foreign interference,” Mr. Chong said, citing findings from Foreign Interference Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue’s interim report, released on May 3....