National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act

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Canadian federal statute

The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act is Canadian federal legislation that establishes and governs a special multi-party committee of parliamentarians responsible for reviewing the activities of Canada’s national security and intelligence agencies.

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Label	Occurrences
National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Act canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Canadian federal statute ⓘ
aimsTo	improve coordination of review across national security and intelligence agencies ⓘ strengthen public confidence in national security institutions ⓘ
appliesTo	House of Commons of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ Senate of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	access to classified information under statutory rules ⓘ multi-party composition of the committee ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
createsBodyType	multi-party committee of parliamentarians ⓘ
defines	mandate of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians ⓘ membership of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians ⓘ powers of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians ⓘ reporting obligations of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishes	National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians NERFINISHED ⓘ a committee reporting to the Prime Minister ⓘ
governs	operations of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians ⓘ
jurisdiction	Parliament of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
limits	access to certain cabinet confidences ⓘ access to ongoing law enforcement investigations in some circumstances ⓘ
membershipIncludes	members of the House of Commons ⓘ members of the Senate ⓘ
objective	to balance national security secrecy with democratic oversight ⓘ to enhance accountability of national security and intelligence activities ⓘ
oversightMechanism	review of legislative, regulatory, policy and administrative frameworks for national security ⓘ review of national security and intelligence frameworks ⓘ review of specific national security and intelligence activities ⓘ
providesFor	access to classified information for the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians subject to limits ⓘ tabling of declassified committee reports in Parliament ⓘ
purpose	to provide parliamentary review of national security and intelligence activities ⓘ
regulates	how the executive may redact information from committee reports for national security reasons ⓘ
relatedTo	Canadian intelligence community ⓘ Canadian national security law ⓘ parliamentary oversight of security and intelligence ⓘ
requires	annual reporting by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians to the Prime Minister ⓘ members of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians to obtain security clearances ⓘ members of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians to take an oath of secrecy ⓘ
scope	activities of Canada’s intelligence agencies ⓘ activities of Canada’s national security agencies ⓘ
shortName	NSICOP Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject	intelligence oversight ⓘ national security oversight ⓘ
typeOfOversight	review after the fact ⓘ

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