CSIS Director Michel Coulombe (centre) with RCMP Deputy Commissioner Mike Cabana (right) and Greta Bossenmaier, Communications Security Establishment Chief, testified at the Senate national security committee about Canada's proposed anti-terrorism act, Bill C-51 in Ottawa, Monday, April 20, 2015.
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Police and spy agency chiefs testify before Senate committee

The heads of Canada’s national police force the RCMP, the spy agency CSIS, and the electronics gathering agency CSE testified Monday (April 20) at a hearing of the Senate’s National Security and Defence Committee examining the Canadian government’s proposed, and controversial, anti-terrorism act, Bill C-51.

All three outlined their respective roles, and all underlined the serious terrorist threat that faced Canada.

RCI’s Wojtek Gwiazda has a report.

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More information:
Ottawa Citizen – Spymaster warns foreign fighter phenomenon getting worse – here
CTV News – Terror fight hampering work on other criminal files: senior Mountie – here
Star Phoenix – Canada under terrorist threat: CSIS boss – here

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