Regulations for the Administration of the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act
Enabling Act
Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act
Description
The Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act (Act) received Royal Assent as part of Bill C-70 on 20 June 2024. The Act requires persons who engage in influence activities on behalf of foreign principals to provide information to the Commissioner through a Registry.
The regulations to be made will specify the information to be submitted, the classes of information that will be included on the public registry, and how and when the information provided will be retained, disposed of, and shared between the Commissioner and their office and other authorized government institutions.
Regulations may also be made that set parameters around administrative monetary penalties issued when a person commits a violation of their obligations under the Act. These parameters include the range of amounts of penalties, factors to be considered when setting penalty amounts, and other compliance measures associated with notices of violation.
Potential impacts on Canadians, including businesses
The regulations would affect any person, whether individual or entity, who enters into an arrangement with a foreign principal for the purpose of undertaking influence activities in relation to a political or governmental process in Canada.
If the person has an existing arrangement with the foreign principal on the date the regulations are made, they will have 60 days to provide the registration information specified in the regulations. All persons entering into new arrangements will be required to submit the registration information specified in the regulations within 14 days after the day they enter into the arrangement.
All persons who have registered will be required to update their information according to the specifications in the regulations.
Failure to provide or update the information specified in the regulations within the set timelines, or intentionally providing false or misleading information to the Commissioner or any person representing the Commissioner, is a violation of the Act. Any person who commits a violation may be subject to a notice of violation or administrative monetary penalties, to be applied according to the parameters set out in the regulations.
Regulatory cooperation efforts (domestic and international)
Not applicable.
Consultations
Public Safety Canada intends to consult security and intelligence partners, community groups, provinces and territories, and Indigenous organizations.
Further information
The regulations will support measures included in the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act (not yet in force).
More information on the former Bill C-70: An Act respecting countering foreign interference.
Departmental contact information
Mélanie Théberge
Director, FITCO
melanie.theberge@ps-sp.gc.ca
Date the regulatory initiative was first included in the Forward Regulatory Plan
November 2025.
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