Canadians lack understanding of CSE and why it needs to snoop

We need an adult conversation in this country on what is reasonable to expect from our intelligence agencies and what they need to keep us safe.

Canadians have a lack of understanding of CSE, overseen by Chief Greta Bossenmaier, and there are times when surveillance of Canadians is justified, writes Phil Gurski. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY PHIL GURSKI

September 5, 2016

OTTAWA—If there is one spy agency in Canada that is poorly understood and about which much of little veracity has been published it has to be CSE, or the Communications Security Establishment.

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