Muslim student in Ottawa ‘weirded out’ by unexpected CSIS meeting Former CSIS analyst said calls are about building relationships

(CBC) Biftu Hulo still remembers the day — not long after she became head of the Carleton University Muslim Students Association — that her phone rang.

When she picked up, she couldn’t believe who was on the line: a representative from the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, or CSIS.

“Honestly, my first thought was, how did they get my number?” Hulo recently told CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning.

The call led to a lunch meeting with someone from the agency. At first, she said, the conversation was casual.

Then, Hulo said, it took a turn.

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