Liberals unveil security plan

posted on April 09, 2005 | in Category Bill C-36 | PermaLink

Original author: Tonda MacCharle
Source: The Toronto Star
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Date: April 5, 2005

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is moving to establish a new National Security Committee of parliamentarians that would give MPs unprecedented access to secret information collected by Canada's intelligence agencies and a role in reviewing their operations.

Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan tabled the proposal yesterday, not long after being officially sworn in as minister of public safety and emergency preparedness after the bill to create her department finally became law.

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