Trudeau announces $5.5 million to fight “disinformation”
By Christina Maas
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he would appoint an “Independent Special Rapporteur” who will be tasked with a “wide mandate and will make expert recommendations on combating interference and strengthening our democracy.”
Adding to what he meant by that, Trudeau said that $5.5 million would be invested to “build capacity of civil society organizations to combat disinformation,” noting that “disinformation often generated abroad can be a real threat to our elections, and it’s a threat that the federal government cannot combat alone.”
The announcement came amid reports that the government ignored warnings from the CSIS about candidates’ ties to the Chinese Communist Party.