Former envoy to China says it’s not necessary for Canada to monitor foreign influence via a registry


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Search for: Search Former envoy to China says it’s not necessary for Canada to monitor foreign influence via a registry By Robert Fife and Steven Chase — Globe and Mail — Nov 24 2020 ohn McCallum, the former Liberal cabinet minister and ambassador to China, says he doesn’t believe it would be useful for Ottawa to set up a registry that tracks the work Canadians do for foreign states. The United States and Australia have passed laws that are designed to monitor foreign influence in domestic affairs, arising out of concern about growing Chinese lobbying efforts. Opposition parties in Canada...