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Notification of NSIRA’s Review of Departmental Implementation of the Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities Act for 2024
Dear Ministers,
I am writing on behalf of the Members of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA) to inform you that NSIRA has initiated a review of departmental implementation of the Avoiding Complicity in Mistreatment by Foreign Entities Act (ACA) for 2024.
This review is being conducted pursuant to paragraph subsection 8(2.2) and paragraph 8(1)(b) of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act (NSIRA Act). The NSIRA Act grants NSIRA full and timely access to all information held by reviewed departments and agencies, including classified and privileged information, with the exception of cabinet confidences.
We would also like to take this opportunity to remind you of the reporting requirements set out in the ACA: subsection 7(1) requires that deputy heads submit a report in respect of the implementation of ACA directions during the previous calendar year to the appropriate Minister before March 1; and subsection 8(1) requires that, as soon as feasible after receiving a report under section 7, the appropriate Minister provide a copy of it to NSIRA, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, and, if applicable, the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
We request that these records be provided to the attention of The Honourable Marie Deschamps, NSIRA’s Chair, via the NSIRA Leadership Mailbox (leadership@nsira-ossnr.gc.ca) or CTSN.
NSIRA will engage with your officials regarding this review. As the review progresses, NSIRA’s review team will be in regular contact with them with requests for information. Such requests may involve documents, system access, written explanations, briefings, interviews, surveys, and any other information that NSIRA determines to be of relevance to this review. This review may also include independent inspections of some technical systems. NSIRA’s expectations for responsiveness are available online at https://nsira-ossnr.gc.ca.
I thank you in advance for your cooperation and support to the independent review process, which is key to transparency and democratic accountability.
Sincerely,
The Honourable Marie Deschamps, C.C.
Chair, National Security and Intelligence Review Agency
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- The Honourable Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence
- The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs
- The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard
- The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs
- The Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- The Honourable Élisabeth Brière, Minister of National Revenue
- The Honourable David J. McGuinty, Minister of Public Safety
- The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Transport and Internal Trade
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- General M.A.J. Jennie Carignan, Chief of the Defence Staff
- Stefanie Beck, Deputy Minister, National Defence
- Sarah Paquet, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada
- Annette Gibbons, Deputy Minister, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- David Morrison, Deputy Minister, Foreign Affairs
- Dr. Harpreet S. Kochhar, Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
- Bob Hamilton, Commissioner, Canada Revenue Agency
- Erin O’Gorman, President, Canada Border Services Agency
- Daniel Rogers, Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service
- Caroline Xavier, Chief, Communications Security Establishment
- Mike Duheme, Commissioner, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Tricia Geddes, Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada
- Arun Thangaraj, Deputy Minister, Transport Canada