Toronto to be home of top intelligence group
Ottawa is spending $5 million over five years to make Toronto the permanent headquarters of an organization made up of 101 financial intelligence units around the world, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said yesterday, adding that Canada’s new government will be relentless in its effort to fight terrorism financing. His comments come as Canada’s privacy commissioner investigates whether the U.S. government’s efforts to track terrorists allowed it to improperly obtain private Canadian banking records. Full Story