Carney govt accused of dragging its feet on foreign agent registry

The Globe and Mail: The last Liberal government, under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, passed enabling legislation in June, 2024, to set up a registry and name a commissioner to oversee it.

But the new government of Prime Minister Mark Carney has still not announced a coming-into-force date for that legislation, the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act. Nor has it named the independent commissioner to oversee the registry…