POLS 375 Lecture Notes - Canadian International Development Agency, Security Intelligence Review Committee

• School: U of S
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 375
• Professor: Jason Zorbas

Document Summary

This department has largely shot up in prominence in the last decade or so. A lot of foreign policy decisions are set-up through the department of national. Currently, foreign affairs has enjoyed a renaissance in political leadership. Other actors in the formulation of canadian foreign policy. In terms of security, there are bureaucrats for every department and are separate from each other. Csis, which reports to the minister of public safety, is still separate from. There is another separate institution: security intelligence review committee. They are all empowered to oversee and review the operations of canada"s security service, csis. Every government within the last 20 years (except current conservative government) has made an attempt to reform foreign policy departments in terms of formulation. The government has recently folded cida (canadian international. In the u. s. , where things are largely decentralized, monkeying around departments are tough.