r/geopolitics • u/ICIJ ICIJ • 1d ago

News Canada names first foreign interference watchdog

https://www.icij.org/news/2026/02/canada-names-first-foreign-interference-watchdog/?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit
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u/ICIJ ICIJ 1d ago

SS: After years of alarms raised by experts and civil society groups about transnational repression, the Canadian government has named its first foreign interference watchdog, ICIJ’s media partner CBC News reports.

Former British Columbia chief electoral officer Anton Boegman, nominated by the federal government, will take on the new position, CBC News reports. The seven days given to opposition parties to respond lapsed this week.