No more polls: Canadians want more information about spying

The troubling part is that a government commitment to national security transparency made back in 2017 has not moved the needle on public knowledge, even in the midst of the COVID emergency.

CSIS director David Vigneault has openly hinted at the need for the organization to seek new powers and new legislation—and public understanding is necessary when that ask comes, writes Wesley Wark. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY WESLEY WARK

January 26, 2022

In the public eye, Canada’s intelligence agencies still possess an invisibility cloak. The strange truth is that the spies would like to discard it (or most of it) and that the public wants it gone. These and other findings emerge from public opinion polls sponsored by Canada’s two main intellig...

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