A federal advisory body is calling on Canada’s security agencies to publish detailed descriptions of their current and intended uses of artificial intelligence systems and software applications. In a new report, the National Security Transparency Advisory Group also urges the government to look at amending legislation being considered by Parliament to ensure oversight of how … Read more
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
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 7, 2024 3:16 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The outgoing head of Canada’s spy agency is joining an American strategic intelligence firm that is waging war against intellectual property theft. Strider Technologies says in a press release that David Vigneault is the new … Read more
A British Columbia woman caught in Syria during the war against ISIS has been charged with terrorism offenses, the RCMP said on Saturday. Kimberly Polman faces charges of leaving Canada to participate in a terrorist group as well as participation in the activities of a terrorist group. She appeared in court in Vancouver on Saturday … 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
The Liberals are refusing to say which federal politicians “wittingly” cooperated with foreign interference schemes after an explosive new report. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland faced repeated questions about the National Security and Intelligence Committee’s (NSICOP) findings, that parliamentarians are “witting or semi-witting” participants in foreign interference, including revealing secrets to foreign states. When asked … Read more
An unknown number of federal politicians are knowingly working with hostile countries to interfere in Canada’s democracy, according to a national security committee of parliament. The startling revelation came from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians’ (NSICOP) latest report into foreign meddling in Canada’s democratic institutions, including by countries like China, India and … Read more
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Public Safety Canada lacked a system for tracking who received and read specific intelligence on foreign interference, creating “unacceptable gaps in accountability,” the national spy watchdog has found. In a report made public late Monday, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency also said CSIS’s distribution of intelligence on … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canadians should pay attention after the director of Canada’s spy agency called TikTok a threat, but that he is waiting to see how the company responds to American efforts to make the app safer. “When the director of CSIS is pointing out that TikTok poses a real threat to the … Read more
The threats faced by Canada’s public officials have ebbed since the pandemic to the point that attacks are now considered “unlikely,” according to government documents obtained by Global News. Intelligence briefs released under the Access to Information Act show that Ottawa has quietly lowered its terrorism threat level for bureaucrats, politicians and government facilities. Canada’s … Read more
