Feds Eyeing New Ways to Publicly Flag Possible Foreign Interference During Elections

Feds Eyeing New Ways to Publicly Flag Possible Foreign Interference During Elections
Allen Sutherland, assistant secretary to the cabinet in the Privy Council Office, appears as a witness at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions, in Ottawa, on Sept. 26, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The federal government is mulling new ways to inform the public about possible foreign interference developments during an election campaign, a senior official told a commission of inquiry Thursday.

Under the current system, a panel of five top bureaucrats would issue a public warning if they believed an incident—or an accumulation of incidents—threatened Canada’s ability to have a free and fair election.