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Fewer Eyes on the Spies: Going Backwards on Accountability
- Analysis
- May 8, 2012
By now it has been widely reported that the Tory government will be abolishing the Office of the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. This astonishing development appeared suddenly from the ether, buried in the government’s now notorious omnibus budget implementation bill. The move has been justified (ex post facto) as a cost
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Archive of CSIS Inspector General Reports
- Analysis
- May 7, 2012
The Office of the Inspector General of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) was established through legislation in 1984, in the same Act that created CSIS. The model was the U.S. practice of Inspector Generals, with a review and compliance function. In the Canadian case, the CSIS Inspector General (IG) was meant to serve as the ‘eyes
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Two Priorities for the Canadian Forces
- Analysis
- May 3, 2012
How should we define the priorities of the Canadian Forces? Steve Saideman raises this question in his latest post. In my view, the CF should have two overriding missions: first, the protection of Canada’s coastlines and airspace (along with assistance to civil authorities in emergencies); and second, the ability to contribute contingents of highly capable
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Foreign Policy Is Not Just Defence
- Analysis
- April 30, 2012
I welcome the opportunity to kick off this series on the future of the Canadian Forces (CF), not least because the series invites a broader discussion of the role of the military and the Department of National Defence (DND) in Canadian foreign policy. Too often, media coverage and expert debates about the military end up
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