Report of the Royal Commission on Security (Mackenzie Commission) (1969)
Commissions of inquiry
Commission of inquiry created in 1966 in response to a security lapse in a federal institution. Mandated was to inquire into security procedures in government, but it also to examine more broadly Canada’s national security.
Public document archived at the Library and Archives Canada <a href="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/pco-bcp/commissions-ef/mackenzie1969-eng/mackenzie1969-eng.pdf">here.</a>
Privy Council Wiretap Order (St-Laurent government) (1951)
Privy Council documents
This order was issued in 1951 and provides a sense of wiretap orders from the early Cold War period. It was obtained by Professor Dennis Molinaro, and is discussed by Professor Molinaro <a href="http://dennismolinaro.ca/canadas-secret-wiretapping-order-is-out-read-about-it-and-download-here/">here</a> and in CBC reports <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cold-war-wiretapping-secret-order-1.3933589">here</a>.
ATIP
1951
Professor Dennis Molinaro
British-U.S. Communications Intelligence Agreement and Outline - 5 March 1946
International agreements
The origianal 1946 UK/USA agreement on signals intelligence that constituted the basis for the "Five Eyes".
Declassified by the US NSA. Related documents available at: https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/declassified-documents/ukusa/index.shtml
1946
CSIS Intelligence-to-Evidence memorandum and powerpoint deck
Operational policies
CSIS internal memo and powerpoint deck describing its view of the legal issues surrounding the process of using intelligence for evidential purposes in court proceedings.
ATIP CSIS 117-2016-125
Unknown
One Vision 2.0 (RCMP-CSIS framework for cooperation) explanatory document
MOUs
This document (a powerpoint deck) describes the post-Bill C-51 RCMP and CSIS deconfliction protocols and operational approach to intelligence to evidence.
ATIP CSIS 117-2016-122
Unknown, but c. Feb 2016
List of Ministers to act for the Prime Minister in the event of his being unable to perform the functions of his office
PC 2015-1230 (Nov 2015)
List of succession
This privy council document identifies the rules of succession should the prime minister be incapacitated (as well as identifying contingencies should other ministers in that line of succession also be incapacitated)
Public Document
Ministerial Directive on RCMP Agreements (2002)
This directive deals with agreements entered into by the RCMP to provide services, information, assets, or assistance to, or receive same from, departments, agencies and institutions, provincial, federal or foreign.
ATIP
2002
Ministerial Directive on RCMP Law Enforcement Agreements (1980s?)
Ministerial directions
This document provides ministerial guidance to the RCMP on establishing agreements or arrangements with other Canadian or foreign police forces. It is believed to date from the 1980s which suggests it has likely been superseded (probably by the 2002 ministerial directive on RCMP agreements).
ATIP
1980s
Ministerial Directive to the RCMP on Police Assistance to Foreign Nations (1980s?)
Ministerial direction
This instruments deal with police assistance to foreign nations in the form of policy training, consultative and investigative assistance.
ATIP
1980s(?)
Ministerial directive to CSE to operationalize the framework for addressing risks in sharing information with foreign entities (2011)
Ministerial direction
This document includes memoranda to the minister of national defence and then the ministerial directive on international information sharing by the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) in circumstances where there is a risk of maltreatment or torture. It also includes internal policy documents on the implementation of this ministerial directive.