The Canadian Press reports on information found in a “heavily censored” copy of a 2014 presentation and memo to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) that indicates CSIS believed “significant improvements” to information-sharing could occur in the “existing legislative framework.” However, legislation that “recently received Royal Assent permits the sharing of information about activity that undermines the security of Canada,” the report states, noting Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien is among those who have raised concerns. Therrien “denounced the scope as ‘clearly excessive,’ saying it could make available all federally held information about someone of interest to as many as 17 government departments and agencies with responsibilities for national security,” the report states.
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