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OTTAWA — 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.
The Liberal government has come under pressure in recent weeks to explain what Canada is doing about allegations of Chinese meddling — spelled out in anonymous leaks to the media from security sources — in the last two federal elections. A foreign government like China, for example, might try to target diaspora communities to encourage them to adopt pro-Chinese positions, or to silence them through threats, Wark noted.
"It would be a good thing If our political parties got together and treated this in the national interest," said Wernick. A report by former public servant Morris Rosenberg, made public Tuesday, found that several aspects of the protocol worked well in 2021."There were numerous comments on the need for an early announcement to communicate clearly to Canadians and to the media about the nature of the threat, the integrated plan put in place to address it, and the role of the Protocol and the Panel as one element of that plan," the report says.
He also provided details of two recent foreign interference plots, saying both were stopped"before harm could be done."
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