The untold story: The role of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in Canadian foreign intelligence.

Abstract

Of the Canadian agencies involved in intelligence work, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has tended to be overlooked. In fact, DFAIT acts as a collector, analyzer and disseminator of foreign intelligence. It is actively involved in foreign intelligence collection, participates in international intelligence sharing, and contributes to the Canadian intelligence-community. This thesis explores and highlights for the first time DFAIT's involvement in foreign intelligence work, albeit selectively, over the past sixty years.The original print copy of this thesis may be available here: http://wizard.unbc.ca/record=b160009