The Special Allocation of Funds for Security and Intelligence Operations
October 19, 2001
The Government of Canada announced today a special allocation of $47 million to two of Canada’s security and intelligence organizations: the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Communications Security Establishment (CSE).
These additional funds will strengthen the ability of the CSE and CSIS to provide timely and accurate information and analysis in support of the fight against terrorism in Canada and abroad.
CSIS is receiving an immediate allocation of $10 million so that it can invest in new technology and increase its investigative capacity. This includes technical upgrades such as the acquisition of computers, secure fax machines, high-speed fibre-optic modems, crypto units, collection systems and servers.
The CSE will receive $37-million to augment and retool existing systems and to accelerate planned projects as follows:
The funds announced today will complement new legislative measures announced earlier this week to modernize Canadian legislation. The Anti-Terrorism Act will help combat terrorism by strengthening government's powers to investigate, prosecute and prevent terrorist acts.
These measures are an important part of the Government’s $280 million Anti-Terrorism Plan – a plan that brings to $1.8 billion the amount the Government of Canada has invested in policing, security and intelligence since Budget 2000.
The Government of Canada’s Anti-Terrorism Plan is designed to balance the need for increased security after the events of September 11 with safeguarding Canadian values. It has four objectives: