Peter Merrifield, an RCMP officer and vice-president of the force’s police union, and Paul McNamara, a retired Vancouver Police detective who works in private security, have accused the spy agency of being ‘sloppy, cavalier and irresponsible’
Two men are suing the Canadian Security Intelligence Service for allegedly issuing false reports they say resulted in them losing security clearances vital to their careers.
In July, 2022, Mr. Merrifield was informed by the RCMP his security clearance was suspended “‘for cause,’ based on allegations put forward by CSIS,” the suit said. During the process of dealing with the “false allegations” from CSIS, the suit said, Mr. Merrifield learned that Mr. McNamara had suffered a “similar fate.”
Nevertheless, the lawsuit said, Mr. Smith became the subject of a CSIS investigation after he reported to them he had been engaged by a Beijing-based think tank to provide a report on Canada’s extradition processes. This was after Canada detained a senior Huawei executive on a U.S. extradition request.
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