More measures needed to combat foreign interference
For more than a year, Canada has been mulling the creation of a foreign agent registry to fight interference in the country's democratic processes.
Yuen Pau Woo
Foreign influence registry must not be 'overly broad,' senator warns
A prospective foreign influence registry must not be "overly broad" to avoid unfairly targeting members of the Chinese-Canadian community and other minority groups,a senator said on Thursday, March 16, 2023.
Chinese Canadians not all on same page about foreign influence registry
Senator Yuen Pau Woo questions whether a foreign influence registry might become "a modern form of Chinese exclusion," and says angry reaction to his suggestion proves his point about racial profiling and stigmatization.
As Trudeau fields questions on China interference, Liberal MP says he has become 'target'
Politicians including a Liberal MP and a senator say they fear allegations of Chinese interference in the 2019 federal election will lead to anti-Asian racism.
Bills now take almost three times as long to get through the Senate
Bills are spending more than twice as long in the Senate since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's reforms to the upper house of Parliament, raising the question of who should get the credit for the chamber's more thorough approach — or the blame for its plodding pace.
Senator labelled as mouthpiece for China worries about rise of anti-Asian racism
Last June, 33 Canadian senators voted to defeat a motion decrying China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims as a genocide.