Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act (S.C. 2024, c. 16, s. 113)

Marginal note:Definitions

2 The following definitions apply in this Act.

arrangement

arrangement means an arrangement under which a person undertakes to carry out, under the direction of or in association with a foreign principal, any of the following activities in relation to a political or governmental process in Canada:

• (a) communicating with a public office holder;

• (b) communicating or disseminating or causing to be communicated or disseminated by any means, including social media, information that is related to the political or governmental process;

• (c) distributing money or items of value or providing a service or the use of a facility. (arrangement)

Commissioner

Commissioner means the Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner appointed under subsection 9(1). (commissaire)

foreign principal

foreign principal means a foreign economic entity, a foreign entity, a foreign power or a foreign state, as those expressions are defined in subsection 2(1) of the Security of Information Act. (commettant étranger)

Minister

Minister means the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. (ministre)

person

person includes a corporation, a trust, a joint venture, a partnership, a fund, an unincorporated association or organization and any other legal entity. (personne)

political or governmental process

political or governmental process includes

• (a) any proceeding of a legislative body;

• (b) the development of a legislative proposal;

• (c) the development or amendment of any policy or program;

• (d) the making of a decision by a public office holder or government body, including the awarding of a contract;

• (e) the holding of an election or referendum; and

• (f) the nomination of a candidate or the development of an electoral platform by a political party. (processus politique ou gouvernemental)

public office holder

public office holder means an individual included in a class of individuals specified in the regulations and, unless they are excluded by the regulations, any of the following individuals:

• (a) a public office holder as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Lobbying Act;

• (b) an individual referred to in any of paragraphs 4(1)(a) to (c) of that Act;

• The following provision is not in force.

  (c) an individual referred to in paragraph 4(1)(d) or (d.1) of that Act;

• The following provision is not in force.

  (d) an officer or employee of an entity referred to in subparagraph 4(c)(ii) of this Act. (titulaire d’une charge publique)