A citizen petition against a foreign agent registry that was sponsored by Liberal MP Chandra Arya in the House of Commons in April was drafted by Sen. Yuen Pau Woo, The Epoch Times has confirmed.
“At the request of organizers across the country, I helped to draft the petition,” Woo told The Epoch Times in an email.
The petition, initiated by Coquitlam, B.C., resident Li Wang, says “a foreign influence registry poses a serious harassment and stigmatization risk for racialized communities.”
It adds: “A registry is a misleading way to identify sources of foreign influence.”
Opposition and diaspora groups have been calling for Canada to enact a foreign agent registration act to combat the issue of the Chinese Communist Party’s influence activities in Canada.  The United States and Australia have already enacted laws for this purpose….