NDP MP Jenny Kwan and vocal critics of Beijing are calling on the federal government to swiftly introduce — and on Parliament to quickly pass — foreign agent registry legislation to safeguard the next federal election.
sponsored by Liberal MP Chandra Arya and backed by Sen. Yuen Pau Woo and Sen. Victor Oh.
Woo wrote that a modern-day registry may not be as severe as the Chinese Exclusion Act but it "could require the registration of all Canadians who are deemed to be under the influence of the Chinese governments. "It is imperative not to conflate the racist Act, which discriminates against all Chinese, with the Registry, which is applicable only to those, Canadian or not, who lobby on behalf of foreign governments," reads the petition.
Sen. Woo said Kwan is misrepresenting his position. "I am against foreign interference from all sources," he said.
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