The Rouleau report said setting up such an agency should be done \u0027for appropriate purposes and with appropriate safeguards.\u0027
It’s an idea that draws worries about government mass surveillance, but also exposes a lack of information about the extent to which existing law enforcement and national security agencies already collect and use information Canadians post to social media.We deliver the local news you need in these turbulent times on weekdays at 3 p.m.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Asked about whether the government will follow through with the recommendation, a spokesperson for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino said “within the next year, our government will issue a comprehensive public response to the Commissioner’s recommendations.” But here’s not a lot of information available about the extent to which such monitoring might be already occurring, digital-privacy watchers told the National Post.Article content
A spokesperson for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said CSIS “looks at social media and other open source information in the context of investigations into a threat to the security of Canada,” and does so respecting the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.Article content A spokesperson for the Communications Security Establishment said it is “strictly against the law for CSE to direct its foreign intelligence activities at Canadians anywhere, or anyone in Canada, including through their social media.”
University of Ottawa professor David Murakami Wood agreed it’s difficult to say with certainty what Canada’s national security agencies are or aren’t doing. He said “in that sense, Rouleau’s recommendations could be seen as a call to make this role more public and maybe give it to an agency that would be publicly accountable. That’s not a terrible idea.”
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