CSIS Downsized 700 Agents - Report Delays Are Result of Manpower & Funding Problem, Spinning Defeat of Bills to Split Foreign Affairs & Int. Trade
CSIS Downsized 700 Agents -- Report Delays Result of Manpower Funding Problem -- Fund Security Services -- Simple!
If our government hadn't downsized CSIS by about 700 agents then Deputy PM MacLellan might be getting reports faster.
CSIS Inspector General Eva Plunkett found that CSIS "exercises its duties and functions with a commendable degree of professionalism that serves Canadians well indeed."
THE FEDERAL watchdog over the Canadian Security Intelligence Service warns that her effectiveness could be hindered by the spy agency's delays in handing over crucial information.[. . . . ]
My first thought was whether this intended splitting had anything to do with the "business partnerships" trip. How silly of me to be so cynical; nevertheless . . . Apparently between the introduction of the bill and the vote, MP's learned more and Monte Solberg, MP, said:
[. . . . ] Then you get into committee, you discover things that you don't like about it and discover information they deny they initially have and I think at that point, it's completely justifiable to say, 'No, we realize now there are problems with it, we don't want to support it. That's my understanding of how it's all worked out."
Guess what the media spin will be? -- Would you believe the government trying to say it cannot 'trust' the Opposition? Wait for it.
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