# Communications Security Establishment

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-20**: Review details reported — The Record and The Globe and Mail publish details of the review, including CSIS's Canada-only foreign intelligence limit and the cabinet briefings.
- **2026-06**: NSICOP review announced — The National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians announces a review of the effectiveness of Canada's foreign intelligence collection in a brief June statement.
- **2025**: CSIS memo prepared — CSIS prepares an internal memo saying that an uncertain geopolitical environment may increase Canadian demand for foreign intelligence.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### NSICOP tests CSIS's Canada-only spy mandate after 2026 review
2026-09-20 15:55:28 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

A parliamentary review is reopening a decades-old statutory debate: CSIS may collect foreign intelligence only inside Canada, while overseas collection is parceled among CSE, Global Affairs and the military. Newly disclosed cabinet briefings suggest Ottawa is weighing expanded legal authority.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/legal-csis-foreign-intelligence-statutory-review-2026

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