I'll jump in, but I know Mr. Ling probably has some feelings on this as well.
I think empowering civil society to do things like information literacy building and trust building in their own communities is important, but not on behalf of the government. That will be viewed as tainted in some way.
Those information literacy programs are very important. In every country I've studied that has much more experience dealing with Russian disinformation than any country in the west, information literacy and resiliency are huge parts of the response. This is not a panacea, but it needs to be invested in now.
I know Canada has been investing in these things. I encourage you to continue doing that.