Canada’s numerous national security agencies – including CSEC, CSIS, the RCMP and CBSA – have inadequate or simply no oversight or review mechanisms. This has led to human rights violations such as the rendition to torture of Canadian citizens Maher Arar, Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad El-Maati and Muayyed Nurredin, among others.
In 2006, Justice O’Connor concluded the Arar Commission with several recommendations to prevent such atrocities from happening again: Canadian national security agencies must be subjected to robust, integrated and comprehensive oversight and review.
Years have passed and the federal government has yet to implement the recommendations. Here is how you can help:
ACT NOW
Send a letter to the Minister of Public Safety, Ralph Goodale
Find all the information to do so and a draft letter here: http://iclmg.ca/the-iclmg-calls-for-s…
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Learn more about Canada’s national security agencies and the bodies in charge of their review, if any:http://iclmg.ca/issues/oversight-and-…
