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PSR's avatar

It would be important to note that in addition to these recent announcements CSIS is also very active with their international partnerships; according to their latest public report, , CSIS already has 323 arrangements in

158 countries and territories.

Grube's avatar

An amazing set of initiatives. One aspect is how much can be shared that is controlled by the US intelligence community. Some of it obviously is anyway.

Robert Nash's avatar

Yes. I noted that these agreements might be constrained by extant FVEY arrangements. How will Canada ‘prove’ to the Americans that they are respecting US-imposed restrictions on sharing US-origin information with 3rd parties? I can’t imagine ‘trust us’ will be good enough.

Catherine Beck's avatar

Thank you for this information. The Agreement with France is interesting. I image their intelligence networks are extensive, e.g. in Africa, the Middle East and SE Asia. I likewise imagine Japan has extensive networks.

Israel's 'special relationship' is with the US, no matter the stripe of the government. If I understand correctly, the US and Israeli intelligence types co-operate extensively.

Israel also gets along well with Russia/Putin, too. Certainly Ehud Barak did.

So I wonder whether Canada's intelligence community routinely do risk assessments in advance of possibly sharing info with Israel?

Ray Koopman's avatar

What about the RCMP's secret MOU with China's MPS? How can anyone trust that info given to us won't go straight to Beijing?

Duarte's avatar

Did Canada time travel and sign an agreement with the WWIII Imperial Japanese government?

Peter Frood's avatar

Interesting. Does Canada have the capacity to implement and sustain these agreements. The paragraph alludes to this challenge.