Canada question?

Question

Is there a Canadian equivalent of the American CIA?

Answer 1

Those that mentioned CSIS are quite correct. I'd like to add, though it's different than the CIA. CSIS's mandate only extends to domestic intelligence. They are not allowed to operate outside of Canada other than to share information with other, friendly agencies. Spying at home only. They were created to replace the RCMP after the Mounties dropped the ball on a few cases and actually went too far in what they were allowed to do. They are accountable directly to the civilian government, whereas the RCMP operated their spying activities in the latter years, under accountability to few other than their top brass. The Mounties even went so far as to tap a few politicians phones just for spite.
So in a nut shell, they spy, but not like the CIA. We have no foreign intelligence service currently, although there is recent talk of extending CSIS's mandate beyond just their domestic function to include spying abroad.

Answer 2

Canada's Intelligence Service has published a report on leading international terrorists described as harmful to the country that contains the names of three leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
The list prepared by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CISIR), an equivalent of the American CIA mentioned three names of the leaders of the Tamil Tigers among twelve that were cited as examples to illustrate the activities of the international terrorists adversely affecting Canada.

Check this website
http://www.go2lanka.com/stories/intell.html

Answer 3

Yes it is called CSIS and its the basic canadian version of counter intelligence, espionage and other internation or national security, although it doesn't seem to be as well known worldwid as say tthe british mi5 or the cia English - www.csis-scrs.gc.ca/en/index.asp

Answer 4

canadian security intellignce service. (CSIS).

Answer 5

DPS