Sima Acan at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

October 5th, 2026 / 1 p.m.

Liberal

Sima Acan Liberal Oakville West, ON

I believe the policy changed to giving the decision to the heads in 2014.

Given that CSIS and the RCMP provide the intelligence and security assessments, do you believe there's a risk in having the final clearance decision made by a single deputy head?

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