ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how the pattern has affected and complicated Canada's response to the post-9/11 security environment. It describes Canada's security environment, and especially its focus on terrorism. The chapter examines the mandate and functions of its chief security and intelligence agencies, noting the degree to which operational realities have outstripped the legal framework in which these bodies operate, much of which is decades old. It explores several of the specific reform challenges Canada faces. The chapter proposes that Canada may be embarking on another of its periodic security and intelligence re-thinks. It examines whether the revision will fully correct all the lacunae in Canada's approach to security and intelligence and their oversight. The chapter also explores Canadian practice and provides the term oversight to describe advance authorization, coordination and control of security and intelligence services.
