Tag: foreign interference
10 months ago
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America’s far right is operating in Canada. Why don’t we consider that foreign interference?

By focusing solely on China or Russia and other state actors, Canada is missing the potentially far more troubling fo...

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11 months ago
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Trudeau’s government wants opposition parties to create their own public inquiry? Good luck with ...

Is there any chance a highly toxic, partisan Parliament could get its act together to confront the question of foreig...

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11 months ago
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David Johnston quits, Justin Trudeau to consider public inquiry into foreign elections interference

Johnston was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March to probe the extent of foreign interference in Canad...

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11 months ago
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David Johnston’s in damage control mode — and it’s not working

The former governor general has been plunged into the politics he’s tried to stay above during his long career in pub...

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11 months ago
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David Johnston isn’t the only casualty of opposition attacks

We fret about fidelity to democracy yet we wonder why people are losing faith, Martin Regg Cohn writes.

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11 months ago
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David Johnston forgot something important in his report — and it could give the reassurance Canad...

The former governor general’s mission was to help us retain our trust in the integrity of things that are bigger than...

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11 months ago
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David Johnston says politicians can save democracy. Has he seen politics lately?

The much-awaited report on foreign meddling in Canadian elections, rests on a bold idea: that the institutions of our...

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11 months ago
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Pierre Poilievre has made the job of Justin Trudeau’s ‘ski buddy’ almost impossible

Asked to look into the issue of foreign interference, David Johnston has to figure out a way to reassure Canadians th...

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about 1 year ago
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Canada’s top spy has a suggestion for tracking foreign interference in elections

CSIS head David Vigneault says a registry would make it easier to track people intent on influencing Canadian electio...

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about 1 year ago
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Canadian voters need independent reassurance that our elections are free and fair

Canadian voters need independent reassurance that our elections are free and fair

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about 1 year ago
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Ottawa must sharpen its monitoring of foreign interference in elections, report says

Conservative party sources have told the Star security agencies flagged the possibility of six specific countries pot...

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about 2 years ago
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New report details how autocrats use the internet to harass and suppress activists in Canada

Digital technologies have given authoritarian regimes a wider reach to stifle the advocacy work of their dissidents a...

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