The Ministry of Public Safety says its new registry regulations for foreign agents working in Canada won’t disclose the amounts these agents have been paid, as doing so could expose “sensitive” information.
The new Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Regulations, released July 1, say the public registry will list foreign agents by name, including their clients and what they do in Canada, along with whether or not they have been compensated, but will not list specific amounts of money or other benefits received, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“[Public Safety] intends to include in the registry whether compensation or other benefits are provided but does not intend to publish specific dollar amounts and include only a high-level description of other types of benefits,” the ministry wrote in a July 1 release about the new regulations….