As part of an omnibus national security bill passed by Parliament in 2019, the oversight and reporting regime for CSIS was overhauled.
[27] The previous agency that handled all oversight of CSIS, the
Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC) was replaced by a new agency, the
National Security & Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA), which now includes oversight of all national security and intelligence activities undertaken by any agency of the Government of Canada.
The reforms also include the creation of a new
Intelligence Commissioner who reports to Parliament and has quasi-judicial oversight of all national security matters.
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