This past winter, a series of unprecedented media leaks from anonymous Canadian intelligence officials raised questions about the capacity of the federal government to protect Canada from “influence operations” aimed at the country’s democracy. Much of the partisan debate that followed has focused on whether there will be a public inquiry to get to the bottom of the government’s management of the problem rather than on concrete and immediate steps that could make our elections more resilient. What follows are five policy proposals to counter foreign interference, reflecting interviews with more than a dozen Canadians with unique insights into this problem.
