Bill C-51: Oversight vs. Review

ISBN-13: 9783639624045 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 120 str.

Tara Vasdani

Opis

The subtle yet significant difference between review vs. monitoring is too often overlooked, and necessitates thorough analysis and attention. This paper will speak to the necessity of implementing an effective oversight body, to monitor and to hold accountable various security agencies granted expansive kinetic powers under the current proposed Bill C-51. As will be suggested, a hybrid model, comprised of both a National Security Advisor who would embody a role similar to that of the previous Inspector General, as well as the establishment of a Statutory Committee, as opposed to the current Committee of Parliamentarians as proposed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, would effectively provide for collective decision-making, and crucial oversight. A thorough analysis of the current oversight mechanisms in place in other commonwealth countries, namely Australia and Great Britain, will additionally be examined.

O autorze

Tara Vasdani is a 26-year Common Law and Civil Law graduate of the University of Ottawa. She studied Law and Society and Political Science at York University in Toronto, Ontario, and has an acute passion for International Relations. She additionally studied Civil Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2012.