The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is a foreign intelligence service and security agency of the federal government of Canada. It is responsible for gathering,processing,and analyzing national security information from around the world and conducting covert action within Canada and abroad. CSIS reports to the Minister of Public Safety,and is subject to review by the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency.
Charles Richard Strahl was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2011. First elected for the Reform Party,he was the leader of the Democratic Representative Caucus that left the Canadian Alliance in opposition to Stockwell Day's leadership. When the Conservatives won power in 2006,he became a prominent cabinet minister and served as Minister of Agriculture,Indian and Northern Affairs,and Transportation.
The Public Health Agency of Canada is an agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health,emergency preparedness and response,and infectious and chronic disease control and prevention.
The Security Intelligence Review Committee was a committee of Privy Councillors that was empowered to serve as an independent oversight and review body for the operations of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). The SIRC was established in 1984 as a result of the reorganization of Canadian intelligence agencies recommended by the McDonald Commission investigating the illegal activities of the former RCMP Security Service.
The national security and intelligence advisor is a public servant who advises the prime minister of Canada on security and intelligence matters. The position is supported by the Security and Intelligence Secretariat and the Intelligence Assessment Staff and holds the rank of associate secretary in the Privy Council Office (PCO).
James Judd is a Canadian retired diplomat and senior civil servant. He served as the Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). He was appointed to the position by Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin on November 29,2004 and retired from the position on June 27,2009,before the end of his term. He was succeeded by Richard Fadden,the former Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
Lawrence Cannon,is a Canadian politician from Quebec and Prime Minister Stephen Harper's former Quebec lieutenant. In early 2006,he was made the Minister of Transport. On October 30,2008,he relinquished oversight of Transport and was sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was defeated in the 2011 federal election by the NDP's Mathieu Ravignat. He was appointed as Canadian Ambassador to France in May 2012,and he served in that position until September 2017.
John Reid Morden was a Canadian civil servant who was the director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service from 1988 to 1992. From 1991 to 1994,Morden served as deputy minister of foreign affairs.
Kwok Chi (Michael) Chan is a Hong Kong Canadian politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2007 until 2018. He represented the riding of Markham-Unionville. Chan served as a Cabinet Minister,during his entire tenure in politics in the governments of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. Michael Chan presently serves as the Deputy Mayor of Markham. Chan has also served as a Senior Business Advisor for the law firm Miller Thomson LLP in Vaughan and as a member of the board of governors at Seneca College.
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation,commonly called the Trudeau Foundation,is a Canadian charity founded in 2001 named after former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau.
The Canadian Afghan detainee issue concerns Government of Canada or the Canadian Forces (CF) knowledge of abusive treatment of detainees in Afghanistan. The abuse occurred after Afghans were detained by Canadian Forces,and subsequently transferred to the Afghan National Army (ANA) or the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) during the War in Afghanistan. The issue has sparked heated debate since Article 12 of the Third Geneva Convention states that "the Detaining Power [Canada] is responsible for the treatment given [to prisoners of war]". If the allegations of torture are true it would mean Canada is guilty of war crimes.
Abousfian Abdelrazik or Abu Sufian Abd Al-Razziq is a Sudanese-born Canadian dual citizen.
In February 2011,news sources revealed that the Government of Canada suffered cyber attacks by foreign hackers using IP addresses from China. The hackers managed to infiltrate three departments within the government and transmit classified information back to them. The attacks resulted in the government cutting off internet access in the departments affected and various responses from both the Canadian government and the Chinese government.
Han Peng Dong is a Canadian politician who is serving as the member of parliament (MP) for Don Valley North. Sitting as an independent,Dong was elected to the House of Commons in 2019 as a member of the Liberal Party. He previously served as the member of provincial parliament (MPP) for Trinity—Spadina from 2014 to 2018,with the Ontario Liberal Party. In March 2023,Dong stepped down from the Liberal caucus due to allegations that he advised the Chinese consul general in Toronto against the release of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig,and helped the consulate interfere in the 2019 federal election.
Wealth One Bank of Canada is a Canadian federally chartered digital Schedule I bank,founded in 2016,to serve the Chinese Canadian community. The bank has been subject to regulatory and legal scrutiny due to national security concerns around its principal shareholders.
Daniel Jean was the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada,Justin Trudeau from May 2016 until May 2018.
Project Sidewinder is a declassified study conducted by a Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) joint task force. It controversially argues Chinese intelligence and Triads have been working together on intelligence operations in Canada. The report was headed by former Asia Pacific Chief,Michel Juneau Katsuya. He later collaborated with various US counterparts who were investigating the links between Organized Crime,the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese business tycoons. Dubbed the Unholy Trinity by the U.S. Department of Justice in a later named collaboration between 5 US agencies including the FBI,DEA,DIA,NSIA and CIA. Dubbed Dragon Lord,a summary of the report was uncovered by former military intelligence analyst Scott McGregor and Documentary Journalist Ina Mitchell and published in their book The Mosaic Effect in October 2023.
The People's Republic of China made attempts to interfere in the 2019 Canadian federal election and 2021 Canadian federal election and threatened Canadian politicians,according to Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Parliament of Canada's Foreign Interference Commission. In late 2022,the Global News television network reported on a suspected attempt by the PRC to infiltrate the Parliament of Canada by funding a network of candidates to run in the 2019 Canadian federal election. In early 2023,The Globe and Mail newspaper published a series of articles reporting that the CSIS,in several classified documents,advised that China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) and United Front Work Department had employed disinformation campaigns and undisclosed donations to support preferred candidates during the 2021 Canadian federal election,with the aim of ensuring that the Liberals would win again,but only with a minority. In February 2023,CSIS concluded that the Chinese government interfered in the 2019 and 2021 elections. In May 2024,an official probe by parliament's Foreign Interference Commission found that China interfered in both elections.
Chinese government interference in Canada consists of espionage,compromise of politicians and government officials,election interference,transnational repression,and control of individuals and companies with ties to the Chinese government or Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The Countering Foreign Interference Act,commonly known as Bill C-70,is an Act of the Parliament of Canada with the objective of countering foreign interference in Canadian democratic processes. The legislation consists of four parts,with the first three parts consisting of amendments to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Act,the newly renamed Foreign Interference and Security of Information Act plus the Criminal Code,and the Canada Evidence Act,respectively. The fourth part enacts the Foreign Influence Transparency and Accountability Act,which establishes a public registry of foreign agents.
