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be adequately resolved as long as security intelligence responsibilities remained part of the Federal police force. In 1970, following the report of the Mackenzie Commission, John Starnes, a Foreign Service officer with the Department of External Affairs, became the first civilian Director General of the RCMP Security Service. Although the RCMP became more flexible problem arose due to the different natures of security intelligence work and police work. In August 1981, the feral government announced that a security intelligence service, separate from the RCMP would be established. The first legislation to establish the security intelligence service, Bill C-157, “ an Act to Establish the Canadian Security Intelligence Service ( )” was introduced in Parliament in May 1983. It passed by both Houses of parliament and given Royal Assent in June 1984. began its formal existence on July 16, 1984 with Ted Finn as Director. In addition to creating a civilian security intelligence ...

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does not investigate company to company industrial espionage. does, however, investigate the activities of foreign governments that engage in economic espionage as means of gaining and economic advantage for themselves. The fundamental goal of is to protect the Canadian way of life, but also recognize the rights and freedoms of the individual. To ensure this goal the Act strictly limits the type of activity that may be investigated and the ways that information can be collected and who may view the information. Information may be gathered only on those individuals or organizations suspected of engaging in any of the following types of activity that threaten the security of ...

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