To what I have seen, according to the accusations, @ConorMcGregorsBeard is incorrect in his statement.I only ask because @ConorMcGregorsBeard says the companies were giving CSIS the information, not the other way around.
I assumed anyone who would have responded had heard about the news story. It was all anyone was talking about yesterday on most Canadian news sites. Maybe I picked a shitty article to post, the intention was discussion on the topic, not the quality of the article.The article you posted said there were acting on info given to them by the privatized company.
Good ol' assumptions.
Wait, nowhere anywhere did it say any of the info shared was actually a threat to national security, certainly not a bomb threat against a pipeline. Info shared on those associated with groups protesting the pipeline is a far stretch from info on a specific threat against a pipeline. Feel free to show me if you seen info indicating the information share, both ways, was a specific bomb threat or anything similar.It's also kind of hard to entertain that CSIS isn't mandated to protect Canada's national interests.
Informant: "Hey, this guy is planning to bomb a bunch of pipelines and potentially cripple the economy."
CSIS: "Sorry, that's a privately owned pipeline. Our hands are tied."
CSIS is not supposed to have any law enforcement power, they are a data collection and spy agency. If they find a specific credible threat, they pass it onto the RCMP, not a private oil company. The pipeline isnt build so its not like they had to inform the company of an impending bomb on site... duhWell the bombing would be a security threat so easily falls within their mandate (defence of national security) bruv
*edit, CSIS has some but very minimal enforcement power created with controversy recently, but those enforcement powers wouldn't pertain to this situation so still no reason to inform an oil company of a hypothetical bomb threat against a pipe line that has not yet been built.