Broad application of cabinet confidence risks compromising NSICOP, says chair

NSICOP chair David McGuinty says the committee intends to raise the issue of cabinet confidence during the five-year review of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act.
Liberal MP David McGuinty has chaired the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians since its creation in 2017.
The chair of a committee of Parliamentarians tasked with providing oversight to Canada’s national security and intelligence activities is raising concern over the viability of its future work if the government doesn’t change its strict approach on cabinet confidence. Liberal MP and chair of the...

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