The two countries should build on recent progress by coordinating cross-agency efforts and strengthening resilience among targeted diaspora communities.

The Canadian government was initially slow to focus on transnational repression, but recent work to engage targeted communities and elevate the issue at multilateral forums are promising developments.

French prosecutors’ indictment of an Algerian consular official for the abduction of an Algerian activist in Paris evinced French authorities’ growing awareness of transnational repression—when ...