Liberals propose changes to foreign investment screening to protect national security

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OTTAWA — The Liberal government is aiming to address evolving national security concerns by proposing several changes to Canada’s investment screening law,…

Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne introduced the changes on Wednesday afternoon.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.

“You can rest assured it’s going to include critical minerals, sensitive technologies and anything about personal data,” Champagne said. The changes would give the industry minister the authority to impose interim conditions on an investment and, after consultation with the public safety minister, to order a further national security review of an investment.

 

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