Sharing Information in the National Security Context (RCMP)
Information-sharing
<p><strong>Document Synopsis: </strong>Guides the RCMP re: information sharing, including information sharing with foreign entities when there is a substantial risk of mistreatment involved.</p>
ATIP
Unknown, but likely post-2011
Review of CSIS Warrant Practice (December 2016) (Murray Segal Report)
Report commissioned by Justice Canada on "best practice" in ex parte warrant procedures and advice on reforming CSIS/Justice Canada warrant procedures before the Federal Court.
Department of Justice Canada (public document obtained on request)
Department of Justice Canada
December 2016
Reports of Commission of Inquiry Concerning Certain Activities of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1979-1981)
Commissions of inquiry
Commission established in the wake of revelations of wrongdoing and "dirty tricks" by the RCMP Security Service in the aftermath of the October Crisis, 1970. Culminated in recommendations that led to the creation of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Archived at Library and Archives Canada, <a href="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/pco-bcp/commissions-ef/mcdonald1979-81-eng/mcdonald1979-81-eng.htm">here</a>.
1981
Report of the Royal Commission to Investigate the Facts Relating to and the Circumstances Surrounding the Communication by the Public Officials and Other Persons in Positions of Trust of Secret and Confidential Information to Agents of Foreign Power (Taschereau-Kellock Report) (1946)
Commissions of inquiry
Report of the commission of inquiry appointed after the "Gouzenko Affair" in which allegations were made by Russian defector Igor Gouzenko concerning communist spies within the Canadian government.
Archived at Library and Archives Canada <a href="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/200/301/pco-bcp/commissions-ef/taschereau1946ii-eng/taschereau1946ii-eng.htm">here</a>.
1946
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>
Report of the Internal Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin (2008)
Commissions of inquiry
Report of the commission of inquiry into the role of Canadian agencies in the torture and maltreatment of Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou-Elmaati and Muayyed Nureddin by Middle Eastern states.
Archived at Library and Archives Canada <a href="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/pco-bcp/commissions/internal_inquiry/2010-03-09/www.iacobucciinquiry.ca/en/documents/final-report.htm">here</a>.
2008
Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182 (2010)
Commissions of inquiry
Commission of inquiry report on the bombing of Air India Flight 182 (1985), focusing on issues such as the intelligence-to-evidence problem and coordination and cooperation problems between the RCMP and CSIS.
Archived at Library and Archives Canada <a href="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/pco-bcp/commissions/air_india/2010-07-23/www.majorcomm.ca/en/reports/finalreport/default.htm">here</a>.
2010
Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar (2006)
Commissions of inquiry
Reports of the commission of inquiry into the role of Canadian officials in the US rendition and Syrian maltreatment and torture of Maher Arar. Policy report focuses on changes to RCMP national security investigations and a wholescale overhaul of Canada's system of national security review.
Archives at Library and Archives Canada <a href="http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/206/301/pco-bcp/commissions/maher_arar/07-09-13/www.ararcommission.ca/eng/26.htm">here</a>.
2006
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
Policy on Implementing the Ministerial Direction to the CBSA on Information Sharing with Foreign Entities
Operational policies
CBSA policy to implement the 2011 Ministerial direction on international information sharing in circumstances where there is a risk of torture or maltreatment.
ATIP
Unknown