Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said there is no timeline for when a foreign influence registry would be implemented, saying only that the government has begun public consultations.
Mendicino was asked if he was committed to a foreign agent registry during an appearance on The West Block, a Global News program, on March 12.
“That’s precisely the purpose of the exercise, is to have a thoughtful conversation with all Canadians and stakeholders so that it will inform the creation of a foreign registry,” he said.
The minister then moved the discussion to mentioning that there is anxiety and fear and concern among Chinese-Canadians of “being stigmatized by virtue of who they are.”…