Spy watchdog group implores feds to begin mandated review after nearly four-year delay

A review of the NSICOP Act was supposed to take place by Oct. 6, 2022. The committee of parliamentarians has asked the federal government to get one underway.
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, right, says a review of the NSICOP Act will start later this year. The group is chaired by Liberal MP Darren Fisher, left.

Nearly four years after a statutory review of the act that created a national security oversight body of parliamentarians was supposed to take place, it remains unstarted, with the federal government indicating it will finally begin later this year.

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