Whoever takes over the top job at CSIS this fall will face deep fissures inside Canada’s intelligence agency that are hampering efforts to probe and disrupt Chinese foreign interference. Little-noticed items in two recent reports by federal national security oversight agencies pointed to the overriding problem and challenge: intelligence officers in a regional office are … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size After seven years in the role, David Vigneault is retiring as director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced the news on X, wishing Vigneault the best in his next chapter. “David Vigneault has spent his entire career in the service … Read more
A CSIS officer’s allegations that she was raped repeatedly by a superior in agency vehicles set off a harassment inquiry but also triggered an investigation into her that concluded the alleged attacks were a “misuse” of agency vehicles by the woman. She is the same officer whose sexual assault allegations in a story published by … Read more
Karina Gould said such attempts at foreign interference were not uncommon. Ottawa: Former minister for Democratic Institutions, Karina Gould, revealed that the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) briefed her after the 2019 federal elections on low-level interference by China, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported. However, Gould clarified that despite these activities, the integrity of the … Read more
Canada’s two main spy agencies were rebuked by the Federal Court on Tuesday for failing to keep judges informed on how they handle Canadians’ identifying information. The court ruling is another in a line of decisions suggesting the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had again failed its “duty of candour” to be upfront with judges … Read more
