
The SCIDA establishes an express, stand-alone authority for GC institutions to disclose national security information, including personal information, either proactively or in response to a request, to a core group of 17 designated recipient institutions within the GC that have a recognized national security mandate. The Bill, which received royal assent in June 2019, included amendments to the SCISA, which was renamed the SCIDA.Ģ000s: Several incidents and reports highlight national security information sharing challenges in CanadaĢ015: Anti-terrorism Act, 2015 (C-51): Security of Canada Information Sharing Act (SCISA)Ģ019: National Security Act, 2017 (C-59): SCIDA Overview Following the subsequent What We Learned Report, the PS Minister introduced Bill C‑59, also referred to as the National Security Act, 2017, in June 2017. In the Fall of 2016, Public Safety Canada (PS) and the Department of Justice Canada (DOJ) held a consultation on potential reforms to Canada's national security framework, including the SCISA. The first iteration was the Security of Canada Information Sharing Act ( SCISA), enacted in June 2015 as part of the Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015 (former Bill C-51) was the GC's first response to address the recommendations made by the O'Connor Commission of Inquiry into the Actions of Canadian Officials in Relation to Maher Arar, the findings in the 20 Status Reports of the Auditor General of Canada, the Report of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts concerning those reports, and the recommendations made by the Commission of Inquiry into the Investigation of the Bombing of Air India Flight 182. It is the second iteration of federal legislation aimed at encouraging and facilitating the disclosure of information for national security purposes between institutions of the Government of Canada. The Security of Canada Information Disclosure Act (SCIDA) was developed in the context of a comprehensive reform of Canada's national security framework in 2019.
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This guide is intended to help the reader navigate the Security of Canada Information Disclosure Act (SCIDA) and to facilitate the development of effective and responsible information disclosure practices between Government of Canada (GC) institutions.įor questions about the guide and/or other SCIDA-related resources provided by Public Safety Canada's Strategic Coordination Centre on Information Sharing (SCCI), please send an email to: Safety Canada will continue to update this resource as needed and distribute new versions as they become available.


Appendix A - Record-keeping template for institutions disclosing and receiving information under the SCIDA.Guide to the checklist for institutions receiving information under the SCIDA.


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