Responsibilities
The National Security Advisor has four main responsibilities:
- providing information, advice and recommendations on security and intelligence policy matters to the Prime Minister of Canada;
- co-ordinating members of the security and intelligence community;
- along with the Deputy Minister of National Defence, accountable to the Minister of National Defence for the Communications Security Establishment;
- overseeing the intelligence assessment function, specifically the production and co-ordination of intelligence assessments for the Prime Minister, other Ministers and senior government officials.
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