Trudeau-appointed Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault submitted a report to the House of Commons urging the government to prohibit the spread of disinformation about elections in Canada
Election integrity has become a hot topic as of late, and one of the ways to ensure things go off without a hitch is to have an informed public whose ideas haven’t been distorted by disinformation.
In a report submitted to the House of Commons on Tuesday, Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault outlined his plan to quash disinformation about elections before it has a chance to spread throughout Canada.
“False information about the electoral process and the integrity of elections can harm public trust in elections,” Perrault wrote. “This can serve to facilitate voter suppression and, in the longer term, jeopardize trust in the entire electoral system on which democracies rest.”