(a) update provisions respecting the collection, retention, querying and exploitation of datatsets;

(b) clarify the scope of section 16 of that Act;

(c) update provisions respecting the disclosure of information by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service;

(d) provide for preservation orders and production orders as well as warrants to obtain information, records, documents or things through a single attempt;

(e) expand the circumstances in which a warrant to remove a thing from the place where it was installed may be issued; and

(f) require a parliamentary review of that Act every five years.

(a) committing an indictable offence at the direction of, for the benefit of, or in association with a foreign entity;

(b) knowingly engaging in surreptitious or deceptive conduct at the direction of, for the benefit of or in association with a foreign entity for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State or being reckless as to whether the conduct is likely to harm Canadian interests; and

(c) engaging in surreptitious or deceptive conduct, at the direction of or in association with a foreign entity, with the intent to influence, among other things, the exercise of a democratic right in Canada.

(a) create a general scheme to deal with information relating to international relations, national defence or national security in the course of proceedings that are in the Federal Court or the Federal Court of Appeal and that are in respect of any decision of a federal board, commission or other tribunal;

(b) permit the appointment of a special counsel for the purposes of protecting the interests of a non-governmental party to those proceedings in respect of such information; and

(c) allow a person charged with an offence to appeal a decision, made under the Canada Evidence Act with respect to the disclosure of certain information in relation to criminal proceedings, only after the person has been convicted of the offence, unless there are exceptional circumstances justifying an earlier appeal.

(a) provides for the appointment of an individual to be known as the Foreign Influence Transparency Commissioner;

(b) requires certain persons to provide the Commissioner with certain information if they enter into arrangements with foreign principals under which they undertake to carry out certain activities in relation to political or governmental processes in Canada;

(c) requires the Commissioner to establish and maintain a publicly accessible registry that contains information about those arrangements;

(d) provides the Commissioner with tools to administer and enforce that Act; and

(e) amends the Public Service Superannuation Act, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act.

(a) provide for two additional days of advance polling;

(b) authorize returning officers to constitute polling divisions that consist of a single institution, or part of an institution, where seniors or persons with a disability reside and provide for the procedures for voting at polling stations in those polling divisions;

(c) update the process for voting by special ballot;

(d) provide for the establishment of offices for voting by special ballot at post-secondary educational institutions;

(e) provide for new requirements relating to political parties’ policies for the protection of personal information;

(f) establish new prohibitions and modify existing prohibitions, including in relation to foreign influence in the electoral process, the provision of false or misleading information respecting elections and the acceptance or use of certain contributions; and

(g) expand the scope of certain provisions relating to the administration and enforcement of that Act, including by granting the Commissioner of Canada Elections certain powers in respect of any conspiracy or attempt to commit, or being an accessory after the fact or counselling in relation to, a contravention of that Act.