It's due to the regulatory burden, I see.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but under the proposed legislation, a foreign citizen who exerts influence on a public policy is required to register. Is that correct?
Students, or at least agents of the Chinese government, were working at the Winnipeg lab without being registered, of course. Were they engaged in influence activity? I think instead that they were appropriating trade secrets. Were they influencing public policy? The answer is no. However, there was still interference with our intellectual property.
Does the registry provide for that kind of situation or would it fall between the cracks?