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NEWS RELEASE
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CREATION OF NEW COMMITTEE TO REVIEW SENSITIVE SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION
Ottawa, June 23, 2005 -
Mr. John Williams, Chair of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, today tabled a report recommending the creation of a new joint committee of the Senate and House of Commons that would receive and review sensitive security and intelligence information on the performance of departments and agencies engaged in security efforts.
In its eighteenth report, the Committee also made several recommendations urging the government to improve its ability to coordinate a response to emergencies or terrorist attacks and to better target its spending efforts for emergency preparedness.
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