‘Complex, blow-your-brains-out expensive, and extraordinarily technical’: MPs urged to study Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ as feds say they’re in talks with U.S.

‘What is desperately needed is a non-partisan statement in Parliament that all parties recognize the need to defend Canada as a core national interest,’ says Andrea Charron, director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies.
Shortlisted shipbuilders say Poland’s submarine pick won’t affect delivery on Canadian procurement

Poland is weighing buying submarines from a collection of offers including from the two shipbuilders shortlisted by Canada.
India is not the strategic partner Canada thinks it is

Artificially compartmentalizing Canada’s economic relationship with India, separate from the political relationship, is a fraught approach.
Lack of foreign interference registry ‘mystifying’ as Canada attempts diplomatic reset with primary culprits, says NDP MP Jenny Kwan

The delay in naming a commissioner to lead the foreign interference registry is ‘clearly linked’ to the foreign minister’s recent travel to India and China, suggests national security expert Dan Stanton.
‘Significant gaps’ in government’s monitoring and response to cyberattacks, AG finds

While solid cyber security systems were developed to protect government networks and systems, Auditor General Karen Hogan found not all departments, agencies, and Crown corporations use the security systems available to them.
Is Canada at risk of being complicit in U.S. military crimes?

The recent U.S. navy attacks on shipping off the coast of Venezuela have raised concerns at DND headquarters in Ottawa.
Feds’ new industrial strategy falls short on ambition, needs clearer objectives for defence procurement, say experts

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly unveiled a new three-pillar industrial strategy on Oct. 9 aimed at protecting Canadian industries, creating jobs, and attracting global investment. ‘I don’t think there’s anything new here,’ says former DND ADM Alan Williams.
Indulging in absurd anti-U.S. rhetoric? You’re doing a solid for Moscow and Beijing

The U.S. is not the partner that it once was, but in a world at risk of major war, it is doing exactly what we all need it to do.
New border bill cuts controversial measures, keeps powers to tighten immigration

The Liberals have split C-2 in two with the introduction of C-12, which grants the government significant new powers to crack down on asylum seekers and block or cancel applications for visas.
Accountability needed after forged documents used to smear journalist and compromise House committee

Now that documents used to allege that David Pugliese is a Russian spy have been debunked as forgeries, the Public Safety and National Security Committee must summon Chris Alexander to ascertain who supplied him with the false information.