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that the government realized the extent of espionage activities taking place in Canada. It showed that the Russians were interested in stealing military, scientific and technological information by whatever means possible. Just as the Second World War was winding down the "Cold War" was just beginning for Canada and other western countries around the world. The 1960's provided new challenges for the RCMP which had created a new section to deal with security intelligence issues. This section became known as the RCMP Security Service. These new challenges included domestic political violence in the form of the Front de liberation (FLQ) in Quebec. The FLQ used bombings, kidnappings and assassination to try and achieve their political objectives. Other issues such as the deployment of nuclear weapons on Canadian soil and foreign influenced activities in Canada required that the government have the necessary information on which to base decisions to counter these growing ...

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can be found in Section 2 a, b, c and d of the CSIS Act. In brief, the threats that CSIS is responsible for investigating are as follows:

a) Espionage and Sabotage:
Espionage is the acquiring by unlawful or unauthorized means information or assets on sensitive political, economic, scientific or military matters.
Sabotage is any activity conducted for the purpose of endangering the safety, security or defence of vital public property.

b) Foreign Influenced Activities:
This refers to activities detrimental to the interests of Canada which are directed, controlled or financed by a foreign state, organization or their agents. As an example, a foreign ...

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