Canada's public television broadcaster CBC has reported that Canadian authorities allowed widespread surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) at the 2010 G8 and G20 summits in Canada.
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Politics Today – December 1, 2013

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On this edition of Politics Today RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda reports on the four federal by-elections this past Monday.

He also deals with the Fall 2013 Report of Auditor General Michael Ferguson, the new policy direction of Canada’s Foreign Affairs policy, and reports that Canada allowed widespread surveillance by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) during the 2010 G8 and G20 summits in Canada.

More information:
RCI – Canada’s Auditor General: Government results need to be improved (audio report) – here
RCI – Canada announces diplomatic ‘assets’ to be used to support commercial success (audio report) – here
RCI – Snowden documents show Canada allowed U.S. surveillance of G20 summit – here
RCI – Canadian government refuses to confirm U.S. surveillance of G20 summit in Canada (audio report) – here

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