The group of select parliamentarians tasked with reviewing the intelligence in the hands of the federal government says its facing obstacles in getting access to the material it needs to do its work.
“The committee faces several challenges to obtaining the information we are entitled to under the law and that we need to fulfill our mandate,” said David McGuinty, Liberal MP and chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP).
McGuinty was testifying on April 18 before the House of Commons public safety committee to address NSICOP’s latest report on cyber defence.
He remarked that Parliament would be reviewing later this year the NSICOP Act and offered a recommendation to MPs on the committee who could be involved in the review….