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The Countering Foreign Interference Act is an act pending before the Parliament of Canada with the objective of countering foreign interference in Canadian democratic processes. The legislation consists of four parts, with the first three parts consisting of amendments to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act, the newly renamed Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act, and the Criminal Code, respectively. The fourth part enacts the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act, which would create a public registry of foreign agents.

The Act was introduced by Justin Trudeau's government and came in the wake of official probes into Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections and the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and the high degree of public concern these events generated among Canadians, especially among diaspora communities. It was unanimiously supported by all the political parties in Parliament, who also agreed to expedite it's passage to ensure it could be in effect before the 2025 federal election.