Intelligence Commissioner of Canada


The Office of the Intelligence Commissioner of Canada is an independent agency of the Government of Canada charged with quasi-judicial oversight of the intelligence services of Canada, which include CSIS, the RCMP and the CSE. The Commissioner is appointed by the Governor-in-Council on the advice of the Prime Minister of Canada, and reports directly to the Prime Minister.
The Office was established as part of the National Security Act 2017, which reworked many of the existing mechanisms within the intelligence community in Canada, including oversight of intelligence gathering and any actions taken by intelligence agencies on behalf of the Government of Canada.
The Intelligence Commissioner issues a report on their activity to the Prime Minister annually who must table it in Parliament after removing confidential and classified information. The commissioner is entitled to receive all reports which are compiled by the NSIRA.
On July 18, 2019, the Government of Canada announced that it had appointed Jean-Pierre Plouffe as the new Intelligence Commissioner.

Intelligence Commissioners of Canada