Report Says Canada Allowed U.S. to Spy on G20

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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A report recently published by the CBC claims that the federal government of Canada allowed an American spy agency to carry out surveillance operation in Canada during the G8 and G20 summits in 2010. Exposing a number of concealed secret documents surfaced by former intelligence contractor, Edward Snowden, it was reported on Wednesday evening that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government cooperated with the National Security Agency (NSA) to operate for a total of six days. Consequently, it was added that the American embassy in Ottawa became a security command post to spy pm a dozens of delegates when they flocked to Canada during the global summits in June 2010.

According to the documents, the U.S. plans for the G20 in Toronto were “closely co-ordinated with the Canadian partner,” i.e. Communications Security Establishment Canada or CSEC, but it did not make any mentions of specific surveillance targets. Upon inquiry, Harper’s director of communications, Jason MacDonald, responded that “we do not comment on operational matters related to national security.” He added that “our security organizations have independent oversight mechanisms to ensure that they fulfill their mandate in accordance with the law.”

On the other hand, when questions were directed to Communications Security Establishment Canada, it also gave an almost same reply asserting that it cannot to comment on “operations or capabilities of Canada or our allies.” Lauri Sullivan revealed that the agency “does not target Canadians anywhere or any person in Canada through its foreign intelligence activities. CSEC cannot ask our international partners to act in a way that circumvents Canadian laws.”