The Canadian Press: Confidential Informants

confidential informants: OTTAWA - Canada's border agency is enlisting confidential informants, prompting internal concerns about privacy and the risk to sensitive institutions such as churches, schools and Parliament, newly disclosed documents show. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Following a positive initial evaluation, an informant receives an assurance of confidentiality from a certified Confidential Human Source officer and is registered within the border agency as a "CHS program participant," say the notes, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act. Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney on September 12, 2013 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld The Canada Border Services Agency uses confidential human sources willing to provide valuable details about the suspicious movement of people or goods, say briefing notes prepared by the agency for Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.