Tag: NSICOP

Intel Review Committee Seeks More Government Engagement: Annual Report

July 20, 2023
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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…

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Trudeau Will Waive Cabinet Confidence for Committee Investigations Into Foreign Interference: Report

May 26, 2023
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will waive cabinet confidence so that both a committee made up of parliamentarians from all parties and a federal agency investigating foreign election interference can review classified documents that special rapporteur David Johnston used to inform his recent report. This means that both the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians…

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Intelligence Committee Laments Difficulty in Obtaining Documents From Feds

April 18, 2023
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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…

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Tories Boycott Security Committee Over Refusal to Release Docs on Fired Scientists

December 21, 2021
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OTTAWA—Erin O’Toole is refusing to name Conservative members to the national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians. The Conservative leader pulled his party’s MPs from the committee last spring to protest the Liberal government’s refusal to hand over unredacted documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada’s highest security laboratory. In a Dec….

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