Spy Watchdog Panel to Review How Agencies Intercept Communications

David McGuinty, chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, holds a new conference to release the committee's annual report, in Ottawa on March 12, 2020. The Canadian Press/Fred Chartrand

The committee of MPs and senators that oversees the security and intelligence community says it plans a review of how these agencies intercept communications during investigations.

The review by the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians will examine the legislative, regulatory, policy and financial framework for monitoring communications.