The Canadian Security and Intelligence Community: Helping Keep Canada and Canadians Safe and Secure

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Contents

I. Security and Intelligence: A Critical Function

II. What Does the Security and Intelligence Community Do?

• A Significant National Asset

III. The Role of Ministers

IV. Roles and Responsibilities in the Security and Intelligence Community

• Solicitor General Canada

• Department of the Solicitor General
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
• Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)

• Department of National Defence (DND)

• Communications Security Establishment (CSE)
• Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP) 

• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)

• Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)

• Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA)

• Department of Justice Canada

• Transport Canada

• Privy Council Office (PCO)

• Security and Intelligence Secretariat
• Intelligence Assessment Secretariat (IAS)

V. Review and Accountability Arrangements

• Inspector General of CSIS

• Security Intelligence Review Committee (SIRC)

• Commission for Public Complaints Against the RCMP (CPC)

• Communications Security Establishment Commissioner

VI. International Relationships

VII. Helping Keep Canada and Canadians Safe and Secure

VIII. Reference Section

• Organization Chart

• Addresses — Where to Reach Us

• Selected Bibliography