Ottawa faces calls to strengthen oversight of Global Affairs unit that collects intelligence

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Open this photo in gallery: People hold signs calling for China to release Canadian detainees Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig during an extradition hearing for Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou at the B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver, on March 6, 2019.LINDSEY WASSON/Reuters An unit within the department of Global Affairs that collects intelligence on security in countries such as China needs the same legislative oversight as Canada’s other national security agencies, intelligence experts say. One former senior CSIS official described the Global Security Reporting Program, created in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks to field a special class...