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[Canada- Government pitches foreign influence registry, new powers for CSIS **in attempt to curb foreign interference**](https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foreign-interference-bill-csis-agent-registry-1.7195528)

***I’ve not noticed this being castigated as a “step in the wrong direction”***

[**Link concerning Georgia**](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/15/nato-warns-georgia-foreign-agents-bill-is-step-in-wrong-direction)

> **NATO has warned Georgia** that its approval of new contentious legislation **branding overseas-funded NGOs as “foreign agents” was a “step in the wrong direction”.**
> 
> It was also **a move “away from European and Euro-Atlantic integration”**, the military alliance **that Georgia aspires to one day join** said on Wednesday, a day **after the United States** warned that the “Kremlin-style” law would force it to reassess ties with the country.

**What, wait?! “Kremlin-style” law??**

> “**We urge Georgia to change course and respect the right to peaceful protest,” said NATO spokeswoman Farah Dakhlallah.**

**Respect the right to peaceful protest? Haven’t seen that respect taking place in Canada or the US.**

> ***The law requires media and nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and other nonprofit groups to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad.***

**I don’t see a problem with that. Do you?**

**Why is the President meeting with FM’s from other nations to talk about the next steps? What role is Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Iceland playing in these protests**

> **President Salome Zourabichvili,** who is **increasingly at odds with the governing party, has promised to veto the bill,** **but Georgian Dream has a majority sufficient to override it**. Zourabichvili has 14 days to act.
> 
> **On Tuesday, she met with the foreign ministers of Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and Iceland** who visited Tbilisi in connection with the controversial legislation.
> 
> ***“We talked about what the next steps are. I very clearly explained to the representatives of friendly countries that with my veto, I would under no circumstances enter into some fake, artificial, deceitful negotiations. No and never!”*** she said after the meeting