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Intelligence Commissioner of Canada

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The intelligence commissioner of Canada (French: commissaire au renseignement du Canada) is an independent officer of the Government of Canada charged with quasi-judicial review of certain decisions made by the Minister of Public Safety and Minister of National Defence in relation to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE).[2]

The intelligence commissioner heads the Office of the Intelligence Commissioner of Canada (French: Bureau du commissaire au renseignement), the agency which supports the work of the commissioner.[3] The position is a Governor in Council appointment made on the advice of the prime minister of Canada. The commissioner is accountable to the Parliament of Canada through the prime minister, who receives an annual report from the commissioner and tables it in the House of Commons.[2]

The inaugural intelligence commissioner of Canada is Jean-Pierre Plouffe, who took office on July 12, 2019 and served until October 1, 2022. The present intelligence commissioner of Canada is Simon Noël, who took office on October 1, 2022.[4]

Role

Certain activities carried out by CSIS and the CSE must be authorized by their ministers, the Minister of Public Safety and Minister of National Defence, respectively. A subset of these authorizations must be reviewed and approved by the intelligence commissioner before they can be acted upon.[5]

Background

The office was established as part of the National Security Act, 2017, an omnibus bill introduced by the Trudeau government which reworked many of the existing mechanisms within the intelligence community in Canada, including oversight of intelligence gathering and any actions taken by intelligence agencies on behalf of the Government of Canada.[6][7]

Accountability

The intelligence commissioner issues a report on their activity to the prime minister annually who must table it in Parliament after removing confidential and classified information. The commissioner is entitled to receive all reports which are compiled by the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA).[8]

List of intelligence commissioners of Canada

Referencias

  1. ↑ "GC InfoBase" . www.tbs-sct.gc.ca . Gobierno de Canadá . Consultado el 28 de octubre de 2020 .
  2. 1 2 "Oficina del Comisionado de Inteligencia: el nuevo organismo de supervisión de Canadá para las actividades de inteligencia" . Newswire .
  3. ↑ "Canadá nombra a su primer comisionado de inteligencia" . Noticias de la CBC .
  4. 1 2 Comisionado, Oficina de Inteligencia (05-10-2022). "El Honorable Simon Noël" . www.canada.ca . Consultado el 19-10-2022 .
  5. ↑ "Razón de ser, mandato y función: quiénes somos y qué hacemos" . www.canada.ca . Oficina del Comisionado de Inteligencia. 6 de marzo de 2020. Consultado el 18 de febrero de 2024 .
  6. ↑ "Proyecto de Ley del Gobierno (Cámara de los Comunes) C-59 (42-1) - Sanción Real - Ley relativa a asuntos de seguridad nacional - Parlamento de Canadá" . www.parl.ca. Consultado el 20 de julio de 2019 .
  7. ↑ "El panorama de la seguridad nacional de Canadá sufrirá una importante reforma este verano" . Noticias de la CBC .
  8. ↑ Tunney, Catharine. "Canadá tiene su primer comisionado de inteligencia" . CBC News . Consultado el 20 de julio de 2019 .
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