Canada gets its first ever intelligence commissioner

Canadian Media Fund

Canada has appointed the Honourable Jean-Pierre Plouffe as the nation's offset Intelligence Commissioner to oversee intelligence activities.

"It is an honour and a privilege to be appointed as Canada's Intelligence Commissioner. This is a new role in Canadian police, and an of import one to Canada'due south national security framework, that aims to provide greater transparency, improve accountability and, ultimately, bolstering public conviction," Plouffe said.

As part of a restructured national security framework and nether the Intelligence Commissioner Act, the new Commissioner will provide "independent quasi-judicial review of the conclusions made by Ministers" regarding intelligence activities.

Upon receiving the find, he has 30 days to review and greenlight intelligence operations within the legal confines of the Communications Security Establishment Act and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act.

The new task title comes with a lot of paperwork. The Commissioner has to "prepare out his reasons for doing so in writing." He must also supply a copy of his writings to the eyes of involved parties and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency.

On top of that, the Commissioner must provide an annual report, which contains statistics of activities and decisions, to the Prime Minister who then must reveal it to the Parliament.

Bated from seeing new members joining Canada'due south intelligence community, the old Office of Communications Security Institution Commissioner(OCSEC) will brand way for the new department chosen the Part of the Intelligence Commissioner.

OCSEC volition as well relinquish its review power to the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency in accordance with the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act.

Source: Part of the Communications Security Establishment Commissioner