Alarms are blaring: why AI-driven attacks demand a seismic shift toward exposure management
For years, cybersecurity experts warned of a day when digital attacks would move beyond simply stealing data and freezing computer screens to actually disrupting our way of life and upending the foundations of our society. That day has arrived.
The politics of fear: what ‘tough on crime’ gets wrong about public safety
This approach may generate compelling soundbites, but decades of evidence show it does little to improve public safety while deepening systemic inequities.
Royal Canadian Air Force unveils two planes for training program
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Reliance on IT contractors exposes feds to risk of foreign interference, experts say, as RCMP warns against North Korean infiltration
‘The point is, you have got to know who’s doing the work, and you got to know who you’re paying. It’s not splitting an atom; it’s basic due diligence,’ says the Centre for International Governance Innovation’s Aaron Shull.
Internal documents detail costs piling up for prison dairy program
The alleged justification for this prison agribusiness investment is reducing recidivism by instilling ‘transferable’ skills in prisoners, but only 12-16 positions have been created by the tens of millions of dollars spent, and CSC says it ‘does not track’ the post-release employment outcomes.
Forest fire travel ban backlash demonstrates lack of investment in trust post-COVID, says public health expert
The type of outrage seen against the actions in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick will reappear against any collective public health and safety measure proposed by any level of government until officials ‘reinvest in the public trust,’ says Raywat Deonandan.
When will Canada embrace Indigenous-led wildfire solutions that we know work?
Indigenous Fire Guardians are year-round, community-based experts focused on land stewardship, cultural burning, fire prevention, emergency response, and post-fire recovery.
Sniffing out alleged terrorists in the military’s ranks
This is exactly what the hard-pressed CAF did not need at this juncture—another bad news story to throw on the pile.
Remembering the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster
The deaths of 47 people who died in the 2013 tragedy were collateral damage from the culmination of policy decisions stretching back more than the previous three decades
Turning goals into results
In a country of many competing interests and multiple governments, getting them all to co-ordinate their activities to achieve the ambitious goals outlined at the beginning of this piece will be complicated and difficult.
