OTTAWA—Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives are offering to fast track Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s legislation to shore up Canada’s defences against foreign interference during elections in a rare show of cross-partisan spirit, placing renewed pressure on the Liberals to convince Canadians they are serious about the problem.
The bill was unveiled to much fanfare earlier this month, but with its provisions not set to come into force until a year after the bill became law, and given the standard length of the legislative process, criticisms surfaced quickly that it would be too late to have new safeguards in place for the next federal election, scheduled for 2025.
