Greater regulation of political party nomination contests needed to prevent foreign, domestic election interference: Democracy Watch
The watchdog organization and a former would-be Liberal candidate are calling for stricter regulations on third-party registration and disclosures, and enforcement of rules on where and when nomination contests are held.
A foreign interference registry would protect Canadians from the long reach of threats abroad
Diaspora communities are often the victims of foreign intimidation and interference actions, with fear of retaliation often causing people to self-censor, even in Canada.
On China’s meddling, ‘there’s a massive cost to standing still,’ and Trudeau needs to ‘get ahead of the story,’ say Liberal MPs, pollsters
Trying to keep the issue of Chinese meddling in elections to parliamentary committees is the same ‘playbook’ the Liberals used for the SNC-Lavalin scandal, ‘and they nearly lost the [2019] election as a result of it,’ says Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs.
Leaks on China’s interference attempts ‘deeply damaging to Canadian democracy’: former CSE official
Neither the Conservatives or Liberals are helping to restore confidence in Canada’s elections by engaging in partisan politics.
Ottawa plays Inspector Gadget
Some favour a formal, independent inquiry by an esteemed retired jurist into alleged Chinese interference in our last two federal elections but it, too, would hear the pertinent evidence in private. All these options could usefully recommend improvements to current spy craft, but we will never know how serious, or frivolous, the threats are that have everyone hyper-ventilating.
Poilievre will need to win a clear majority in next election or Trudeau could stay in power with support of left-of-centre parties, say politicos
The three left-of-centre parties tried to unseat Stephen Harper’s Conservatives after the 2008 election, and they could prevent Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre from forming government after the next election, says Ipsos Public Affairs CEO Darrell Bricker.
PROC to hear from top officials Wednesday, as Trudeau maintains no public inquiry into foreign interference necessary
Meanwhile the Conservatives will attempt once more to summon PMO Chief of Staff Katie Telford before committee.
‘Mixed emotions’ in the north, anger in Toronto over final Ontario riding redraw draft
‘It seems like they just took a problem in Scarborough and moved it into North York,’ says Liberal MP Micheal Coteau, whose riding is being broken up and eliminated under the final proposal.
B.C.’s new seat shakes up the Southern Interior as final riding proposal sparks concerns
‘They have created a completely different new riding on both west and east sides, and now there’s no public input process,’ says NDP MP Richard Cannings of the final changes proposed to his riding.
Conservative MPs press intelligence officials on allegations of foreign interference in past federal elections
Liberal MPs say repeating unproven allegations of interference ‘does China’s bidding’ by undermining public confidence in Canadian institutions.
