A foreign intelligence service for Canada
In the wake of the current debate on foreign interference, we have an opportunity to create a unique organization that can enhance Canada’s foreign intelligence collection and safeguard our security and sovereignty. There is no better time than the present.
Re-establishing the RCMP on Parliament Hill: a necessity for security and efficiency
A dedicated RCMP detachment would protect the Parliamentary Precinct, ensure public safety, and reinforce the symbolic and physical heart of Canada.
Let’s get creative: CAF can’t keep picking up emergency response shortfall
Given the reality of climate change, the demand for federal disaster assistance will only increase. The answer cannot always be ‘send in the military.’
A timeline of political violence and rising security on Parliament Hill since 2014
Death threats, arson, violent imagery, vandalism, and more: Canadian politics is becoming more violent, MPs say.
Planned submarine buy will be ‘eye-wateringly expensive,’ but the Navy ‘desperately’ needs them, say defence experts
‘Finding the money for this weapon system will be the biggest hurdle,’ says Canadian Forces College professor Paul Mitchell.
Harsher bail reforms an expensive ‘fool’s game’ that neglects evidence-based solutions, say criminologists
Queen’s University Criminology Professor Nicole Myers said that reactionary measures meant to appear ‘tough on crime’ focus on the ‘low-hanging fruit while ignoring the root of the problem.’
The Royal Canadian Navy’s AOPS remains adrift
The news of a practically new warship breaking down and flooding will not send Canadian citizens flocking to the recruiting centres.
‘Most vulnerable population on Earth’: politicians urged to consider wildfire impacts on children as towns evacuated
UNICEF Canada president and CEO Sevaun Palvetzian says youth will ‘carry the heaviest burden if we don’t get this right.’
Canada downplays cost of meeting NATO spending mark as $60-billion projection will need to rise
In 2025, the figures NATO uses to calculate members’ GDP will no longer be based on the 2015 numbers it uses now, but would instead use 2020 as the base year, leaving Canada about $3.5-billion short of its 2032 target.
Forty years on, CSIS deserves more respect
The Trudeau government doesn’t seem to have taken threats to Canada with the gravity they deserve. There can be serious security consequences for that neglect.
