Trudeau declines to give possible date for launch of new foreign agents registry

Pressed by Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre at question period in the House of Commons on Thursday to provide a date that his government will launch a new foreign agents registry, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declined to provide specifics. Poilievre said the government has been aware of examples of such a registry, like the one in Australia, and could have already held consultations.

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