Tag: Canada

Are incels really a threat to national security?

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Post date 2022-02-23
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Episode 128 – Borealis chats once again with the world’s premiere authority on these people, the Incel Project founder Naama Kates

Tags An Intelligent Look at Terrorism, Canada, Incel, naama kates, National Security, Phil Gurski, Podcast

Canadian Intelligence Eh!

What was it like to work as a spy in Canada?

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-02-16
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Episode 127 – Movies about spies are a dime a dozen – think James Bond. But what is working in intelligence really like?

Tags An Intelligent Look at Terrorism, Canada, CSIS, CSIS job, National Security, Podcast, terrorism

Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Canada-China relations in the post ‘two Michaels’ era

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-01-26
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Episode 123 – A new book entitled ‘The Two Michaels’, is out and Borealis has a chat with one of the authors, Canadian Press journalist Mike Blanchfield.

Tags An Intelligent Look at Terrorism, Canada, China, Podcast, The Two Michaels

Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Shane Healey – Killing to prevent terrorism: Counter terrorism at the ‘kinetic’ coalface

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-01-05
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Episode 120 – Counter terrorism at the ‘kinetic’ coalface

Tags Afghanistan, an end to the war on terrorism, An Intelligent Look at Terrorism, Canada, Iraq, National Security, Phil Gurski, Toronto 18

Quick Hits

ISIS terrorists should be tried and punished over there, not over here

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2022-01-02
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Quick Hits 184 – A curious phenomenon has arisen of late: Westerners advocating that Canada and other nations bring back ISIS terrorists.

Tags Canada, foreign fighters, National Security, Quick Hits

Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Virginia Comolli – Could plastic recycling fund terrorism?

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2021-12-29
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Episode 119 – Did you know that organised crime is a big part of this industry? Could terrorist groups get involved too?

Tags An Intelligent Look at Terrorism, bombing, Canada, National Security, Phil Gurski, Podcast, terrorism

Quick Hits

How reliable is Saudi Arabia as a counter-terrorism partner?

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2021-12-13
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Quick Hits 182 – Is Saudi Arabia a desirable partner for the West when it comes to counter-terrorism?

Tags Canada, National Security, Phil Gurski, Podcast, Saudi Arabia

Canadian Intelligence Eh!

Brad West – The role of municipalities in national security

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2021-12-08
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Episode 116 – Phil talks with Port Coquitlam (BC) Mayor Brad West about Chinese interference and influence peddling in Canada and other issues

Tags An Intelligent Look at Terrorism, Canada, China, National Security, Phil Gurski, Podcast

Perspectives

Is it time to drop terrorism from the Canadian Criminal Code?

Post author By Phil Gurski
Post date 2021-12-03
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The doors to the Supreme Court of Canada (Photo: Jamie McCaffrey on flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0)

When terrorism is applied to all kinds of criminal offences perhaps it is time to remove it from the criminal code: charges can be laid in other ways.