Investigators concluded Beijing’s influence attempt didn’t break elections law
Having foreign countries or foreign people pressure Canadian citizens in any way to vote a particular way.
The “pressure” in question is social media content - how do you propose legislating that?
Uncover accounts doing it and trace their funding…
This ain’t rocket science. I am sure Canada has these laws just like any other regime around the world.
Foreign agents don’t get a blank check to operate within a country.
We regulate social media content all the time. Why would this be any different?
So…if I were to say online that Donald Trump is an absolute disgrace, and people in the US should vote for his opponent, should I be facing charges in the US? Or maybe my comment should just be nuked?
By no means am I arguing that foreign influence is a good thing, but it’s awfully hard to regulate effectively.
Probably because it seems to mostly be targeted at Chinese-Canadians on Chinese language platforms that are often hosted in China. Like good luck regulating what happens on Weixin/WeChat.
For stuff like radio and print based in Greater Vancouver, yeah maybe there are some levers to pull, if we could ever decide what exactly is not allowed.