CSIS duty of candour
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CSIS duty of candour
- Latest Post
- Opinion
- Equibit Group Ltd.
- 39 min read
CSIS told the Information Commissioner its records touch “ongoing investigations and intelligence operations.” Equibit Group on eight candidate operations: the CSIS Act’s powers fit them, the target does not, and why courts must order production.
- Evidence Files
- Equibit Group Ltd.
- 4 min read
Five points in the Information Commissioner’s final report on Chris Horlacher’s CSIS access request stand in direct tension with the Attorney General’s defence in the Equibit lawsuit.
- Opinion
- Equibit Group Ltd.
- 20 min read
Post-9/11 Canadian cases in which courts examined informants, undercover stings, secret evidence, and CSIS candour failures, set beside the record. The candour problem is pleaded in CV-20-00645492-0000.
- Media
- Equibit Group Ltd.
- 6 min read
Equibit Group Ltd. is pleased to share Chris Horlacher’s third appearance on Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock. The 16 September 2026 broadcast updates the Equibit lawsuits, the four Ontario court files now on the public record, and the economic questions Hancock’s audience tracks: markets, precious metals, stablecoins, and the Federal Reserve.
- Evidence Files
- Equibit Group Ltd.
- 6 min read
Chris Horlacher’s ATIP requests to CSIS, the OIC complaint, and the Commissioner’s final report — including improperly withheld records, foreign-source material, and CSIS’s own claim of ongoing investigations.
- Opinion
- Equibit Group Ltd.
- 6 min read
Section 21 warrants are obtained ex parte. In exchange, CSIS owes the Federal Court a duty of candour. 2016 FC 1105 and 2020 FC 616 record repeated breaches of that duty. That jurisprudence is part of the public context of Equibit’s CSIS action.