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National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians launches a review of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
February 23, 2021
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National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians launches a review of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police

OTTAWA, February 23, 2021 — The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) today announces a review of the federal policing mandate of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). This review will be conducted over the next year and concluded in 2022. The RCMP’s federal policing mandate covers a range of activities, including protective policing, international policing, national security […]

President of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union highlights report of the IPU’s Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians at Parliamentary Subcommittee
February 3, 2021
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President of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union highlights report of the IPU’s Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians at Parliamentary Subcommittee

OTTAWA – 2 February 2021 – The Honourable David McGuinty, P.C., M.P., President of the Canadian Group of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), appeared before the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development (the sub-committee) to discuss the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians […]

National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians presents its 2020 Annual Report to the Prime Minister
December 18, 2020
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National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians presents its 2020 Annual Report to the Prime Minister

OTTAWA, December 18, 2020 — The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) today presented its classified 2020 Annual Report to the Prime Minister. A declassified version of this report must be tabled in Parliament within 30 sitting days. This third annual report presents an update to the national security threat assessment first included in the Committee’s […]