The committee of parliamentarians in charge of reviewing intelligence matters in Canada is deploring the government’s lack of response to many of its recommendations to improve processes and policies.
The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) tabled its annual report on July 19, which discusses the different challenges the committee faces.
“Committee believes that the government’s decision to formally respond to the Committee’s recommendations is essential to strengthening the policies, operations and accountability of the security and intelligence community,” wrote Liberal MP and committee chair David McGuinty in a foreword.
NSICOP had indicated it would be seeking a status update on its recommendations in its previous annual report, but says that by year-end 2022, the government had yet to respond to 22 of them in relation to seven previous reviews….