But trust in Canada’s security services is thin on the ground, after the news Thursday that a CSIS unit illegally kept data deemed unrelated to national security threats. Even before that, both Mosley and Noel had lambasted CSIS for providing inaccurate information to the court. “This is an issue that I think needs to be examined in the context of our national security review,” he said. Now trust has broken down, both with the judges who issue the warrants CSIS needs and with the minister to whom it answers. When consultations with Canadians over national security end, and the government reports back, the spies could find themselves left out in the cold.

Source: National Post November 04, 2016 21:05 UTC