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How can Canada do more to address the threat of disinformation?

Canada can take more steps to bolster society's resilience and defence capabilities against the relentless onslaught of autocratic regimes and malicious non-state actors.

Opinion
BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO
September 5, 2024

Opinion | BY ANN FITZ-GERALD, HALYNA PADALKO | September 5, 2024

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