Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 12, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press monday july 12, 2004 Canada / world a9 Sis risk screening outdated critics say Homeland ties sexual practices probed by Sarah Everts o Ottawa ? Canadas spy Agency is still asking about Homeland ties and sexual practices when vetting canadians pursuing a top level career in the government ? questions some critics consider relics of the cold War and contrary to multicultural policy. The Canadian Security intelligence service has been thrust into the Public spotlight this summer As the inquiry into the arrest and deportation of Maher Arar unfolds in Ottawa. Now sections of the Security screen ing investigators Guidebook obtained under the Access to information act reveal How Sis Field investigators determine an individuals reliability risks. The highly personal questions routinely come up when Sis conducts top secret Security assessments of Public service employees for almost All Feder Al government departments. Only the ramp does its own Security screening. Among the characteristics that Sis considers a reliability risk Are dual citizenship and any family or close continuing relationships with persons who reside in countries of Security out of the ?70s the document looks like something out of the ?70s, pre human rights Legisla Tion pre employment equity legislation said Anna Chiappa executive director of the Canadian Ethan cultural Council a coalition of More than 30 ethnic and Cul Tural advocacy groups in Canada. Chiappa also takes Issue with the document a instruction to establish extent of Homeland links family friends Home land political and cultural involvement financial property or business interests and use of non Canadian recent testimony during the Arar inquiry has revealed that people Only briefly associated with individuals under investigation can themselves be subjected to scrutiny. People should be made aware of the fact that who you speak with who you meet May have serious consequences Chiappa said adding the document is inconsistent with the Federal policy of multiculturalism. We Tell people you can be involved in your cultural Community it does to make you any less of a Chiappa said the Sis documents wording equates political involvement with cultural involvement almost like the two Are the same which is not the Case at Sis defends the criteria. History and experience have certainly shown that loyalty to ones native Homeland can be very Strong and influential said Nicole Currier a Sis spokeswoman. Obtain secrets there have been examples of new canadians trying to get Security Clear ances in order to obtain secrets that they a be willing to sell or give to their Homeland Sis declined to disclose the countries considered a Security concern or How Many countries were on the list. Other risky character traits include greed expectations to be exceedingly Well off in a Short time and expectations Well beyond stressful personal problems notice Able changes in established work Pat terns and deliberate misrepresentation Are also listed As reliability risks. The Security risks Are identified by a number of National and International organizations and professional organizations and through experience cur Rier said. Sis officers interview character wit Nesses such As Neighbours and col leagues conduct inquiries with foreign agencies and perform credit Bureau checks to evaluate a candidates reliability risk. Last year Sis conducted 3,578 Field investigations for the Federal Public ser vice taking an average of 50 Days for each candidate. ? Canadian press rheumatic fever about four years ago his Mother Sohaila told the i Brief Canadian press yesterday describing classic symptoms of the virus including a rash rheumatism and son set on fire cyclical fevers. St Honore que. ? a 43-year-old woman faces an assault charge after police shoot Man dead her 13-year-old son was doused with Vancouver ? police shot an lighter fluid and set on fire in the killed a Victoria Man in View of Chil family Home. Dren and churchgoers near an ele the Mother of five was to be Centary school playground arraigned in court monday on a yesterday morning. Charge of aggravated assault after the Man was running from police the teen was rushed to Hospital on after trying to set his Home on fire. Saturday with first and second people at the scene told reporter degree Burns said provincial police. They heard up to three shots and Many said they saw paramedics Young mom attacked Rush to help the Man. He was pronounced dead at Hospital. Paris ? a Young Mother her infant in a stroller was set upon in a suburban Paris train by a gang of bomb kills 5 six. The gang Cut the 23-year-old Herat Afghanistan ? a bomb woman a hair Tore open her shirt exploded on a bustling Street of this and Drew swastikas on her belly Western City yesterday killing five police said. No one in the train came people injuring 29 and deepening to her Rescue. Concern Over Security two Days after Afghanistan set a new Date for its first free elections. Afghan Leader Hamid Karzai suspicions confirmed Kabul ? the Mother of an afghan blamed enemies of democracy for boy awaiting heart surgery in Cana the blast which occurred Asun and a has confirmed her child has the government officials watched a Dis condition Canadian doctors had sus armament Parade for militia sol petted was draining her sons life Diers across town. Away. Djamshid Djan Popal contracted ? from the news services ;