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This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on February 16, 2025. When I was in late elementary school, I realized I could not see the blackboard very well. Reluctantly, I accepted that I needed to have my eyesight tested. Sure enough, I was nearsighted (myopic) and got glasses. I am not sure if […]
This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on February 7, 2025. We in Canada like to say that we have a national sport—hockey (it’s ice hockey, but no one says that here because we all know what we are talking about). Some may say lacrosse is our national sport, but I want to […]
Intelligence alliances are not the run-of-the-mill ventures. When it comes to sensitive information, be that signals (SIGINT), human (HUMINT) or imagery (IMINT), the sources and methods used dictate care in how and with whom this data is shared. If protocols and security guarantees are not in place this information can go missing, go where it […]
This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on February 2, 2025. If you follow the headlines regularly you would have to conclude that China is making advancements on several key technological fronts: electric vehicles,wind turbines,lithium batteries, and rare minerals needed for industries at the forefront of the war on climate change. To this […]
This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on January 23, 2025. Some people may be surprised to learn that the word “terrorism” is not that old. Oh sure, we had the Reign of Terror in France in the late 1790s, but the common use of the concept really only dates to the middle […]
This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on February 20, 2025. In the aftermath of a violent attack, there are inevitably a number of things that happen. First and foremost, we collectively struggle to understand what exactly has happened, who was behind it, and what it means. Then we seek to assign immediate […]
This piece appeared first in The Epoch Times Canada on January 8, 2025. Well, the inevitable has happened. After months of speculation, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emulated his father, took a walk in the snow (it may not have been actually snowing in Ottawa on Jan. 6 but it was extremely cold!), and announced his […]
This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on January 6, 2025. Those who toil in national security in Canada have one primary task: to keep our country safe from a plethora of threats. These range from garden-variety criminality (assaults, thefts, fraud, and acts of violence, all of which are tied to public safety […]
This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on January 6, 2025. For many around the world, the transition from one year to another is something to celebrate. We usually engage in reviews of the previous 365 days, make resolutions for the next, and party with our friends or attend events to ring in […]
This piece first appeared in The Epoch Times Canada on December 30, 2024. At the end of one year and the beginning of another it is customary to look back at what happened and speculate on what is to come. With that in mind, here is an overview of national security as we enter 2025, […]