Canadian Security Intelligence Service and Security Intelligence Review Committee

Supreme Court: While certainly increasing the visibility of the issue, the letter was lacking as far as specific policy prescriptions, according to Huffington Post Canada. There are a number of concrete steps the government should take to address the gap in national security accountability. Last week, a number of former prime ministers and Supreme Court justices penned an open letter calling for the government to keep a closer eye on federal intelligence activities. Chief among those are improving the integrity of the application process for national security warrants, re-establishing the Office of the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, and expanding the Security Intelligence Review Committee size, capabilities and mandate. The prime minister argues that the involvement of federal court judges is a check on the bureaucracy. National security officials usually seek between 40 and 50 new warrants each year in addition to the 150 to 250 renewals or replacements. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.