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C'mon, you're making it sound like an F-35 buy!
And they had two years so far to get it right.
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C'mon, you're making it sound like an F-35 buy!
And they had two years so far to get it right.
Fitted for, but not with, certification to fly legally in Canada.
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I'm no expert, but that should be something taken care of in days, as a priority.
I’m no expert either but I would really hope so too. But I have no clue how that stuff works, the specific issue, or how much of a challenge it would be to fix.
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Damn. I assumed ill intent and couldn't have been more wrong about the date. I expected another 2 years before it was enforced. Nice to be wrong here.
I understand August 4th to be “registry opens” day. I assume there’s some window of time to become compliant. I don’t know what it is. If I can carve some time out between work, school, and family I’ll try to get my head better wrapped around it. Obviously it’s an interest.
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Chinese consulate "helped" cancel a Chinese dance performance that's been running for 17 years or so?
globalnews.ca
Federal Court #T-3380-26 if you want to follow along.
A touch of back story, here and elsewhere.
www.cp24.com
toronto.citynews.ca
www.theguardian.com
2025: "Ottawa's National Arts Centre cuts ties with controversial Chinese dance group"
Group sues National Arts Centre over Shen Yun cancellation, raises foreign interference concerns - National | Globalnews.ca
The group behind the Shen Yun performance highlights NAC officials' engagement with the Chinese ambassador ahead of show’s cancellation.
globalnews.ca
Federal Court #T-3380-26 if you want to follow along.
A touch of back story, here and elsewhere.
Shen Yun organizers say ‘blatant’ threats against dance show must stop
Threats targeting performances of Shen Yun around the world, including in Vancouver and Toronto, are raising concerns about what the Falun Dafa Association of Canada calls “blatant” foreign interference by China.
www.cp24.com
Shen Yun shows cancelled in Toronto after 'unfounded' threats
TORONTO — The presenter of Shen Yun’s run in Toronto says the venue hosting the dance troupe’s shows has cancelled the performances after receiving bomb threats. The Falun Dafa Association of Toronto says the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts cancelled its remaining shows scheduled...
toronto.citynews.ca
Boss of theatre hosting Chinese dance group Shen Yun in Sydney won’t be intimidated by ‘outrageous’ threats
Graeme Kearns, chief executive of Foundation Theatres, says: ‘Our job in theatre is to absolutely defend the right to tell stories about culture’
www.theguardian.com
Falun Dafa’s charitable status in Canada revoked | Asian Pacific Post | Chinese newspaper -Vancouver, Richmond, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, North York, Montreal
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Sometimes you need to break someones shop window so they realize they need your protection.
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Nice dance troupe you have there, shame if anything ever happened to them.
Allegedly, anyway ...
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They are among us
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Is anyone surprised in the results from implementation and performance of this ?
I’m following this one. Registration is mandatory for anyone who meets criteria, but is also self-initiated. So far only a few dozen have submitted as of maybe a week ago, and only a few have been finalized. In a lot of other cases people are consulting legal counsel to clarify requirements. Numbers will increase and the Commissioner is already beginning to send out notices to identified individuals who are identified as potentially needing to register. That’s a first step in enforcement.
Obviously there will be reluctance to register, all the more so for people who are engaged in less than benign activity. Nobody actually expects illicit foreign agents to register. What matters is that they’re required to, that not doing so is a criminal offence, and that the Commissioner has power to investigate including receiving information not admissible in court. That last bit, snuck into section 16 of FITAA is important- by my read, the Commissioner will be able to receive and use security intelligence in investigations.
Here’s why this matters: if someone’s engaged in some sort of malign foreign fuckery in Canada, we’ll run into the classic gap of ‘what we know’ versus ‘what we can prove in court’. The creation of foreign agent registration offences will offer another angle of investigation and enforcement. Failure to register offences become a criminal offence upon which various warrants and court orders can be based that may then help open up larger investigations. Proving activity on behalf of a foreign entity may be more viable than proving specific instances of criminal foreign interference.
Less exciting to me, but probably more useful in most cases, the Commissioner can impose administrative monetary penalties of up to a million dollars for violations of the act and regulations; that’s an administrative process not involving a criminal trial and on a lower threshold of proof. The Commissioner can also compel people to appear and give evidence under oath in an investigation. People cannot ‘opt out’ of cooperating the way they can in a police criminal investigation.
It will be a while yet before we really see things rolling here, but it has begun. Canada is some years behind the eight ball, but some of our allies have used their foreign agent registration scheme with a lot of success for some time now. It’s an important tool in the toolbox.
If anyone’s more curious, there was a good summary of Bill C-70, the 2024 foreign interference bill, presented as part of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference. The parts about the registry start at page 16, but the whole 24 page document is an utterly engrossing read that I’m sure many people besides myself would enjoy on a Sunday morning.
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