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Canadian Security Intelligence Service

Canada · founded 1984 · Canada's civilian security intelligence agency.

Episode: CLASSIFIED — COMING SOON

Case files (1): Hogue Commission: foreign interference in Canada

Documented items (3)

VERIFIED Major Commission, 2010

Air India Flight 182: erased wiretap tapes

CBC reports the Major Commission found CSIS erased tapes of the prime suspect's calls, that they held crucial evidence, and that destroying them violated CSIS policy.

Sources (opened in a new tab):

CBC News: Excusing the inexcusable ↗ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/excusing-the-inexcusable-1.887001

VERIFIED 3 November 2016

Federal Court: retained 'associated data' program

The Federal Court examined a CSIS metadata collection and retention program running since 2006 and noted the Court had never before been fully informed of it.

Sources (opened in a new tab):

Federal Court reasons, 2016 (PDF) ↗ https://christopher-parsons.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/83187-des-warrant-nov-3-2016-public-judgment-final-eng.pdf

UNKNOWN 29 September 2026

NSIRA review of use of offence authority

The review agency says CSIS may not have complied with the law when using its authority to commit offences in 2022–2023; no final determination is stated in the report coverage.

Sources (opened in a new tab):

CBC News / Canadian Press ↗ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/csis-nsira-report-9.7363320