Canada
Canadian Supreme Court Allows Corporate Liability for International Law Violations
Preston Lim Thu, Mar 12, 2020, 11:07 AM
The significance of this decision will likely extend well beyond Canada.
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Prime Minister Trudeau Campaigns for a U.N. Security Council Seat
Preston Lim Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 8:00 AM
Trudeau campaigns for a U.N. Security Council seat, Canada responds to the coronavirus epidemic and other Canadian national security news.
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Canadian National Security: Of Spies and Soleimani
Preston Lim Fri, Jan 10, 2020, 1:01 PM
The Canadian Supreme Court rules that a son of Russian spies is a Canadian citizen, and the killing of Qassem Soleimani—and the deaths of Canadian citizens aboard a jet downed by Iran—throws the country’s policy toward Iran and Iraq into question.
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Canada’s Attorney General Blocks Disclosure of Evidence in National Security Case
Preston Lim Tue, Dec 17, 2019, 8:00 AM
Canada’s Attorney General issues a security certificate, Canada debates the War in Afghanistan and other Canadian national security news.
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Canadian Islamic State Suspect Extradited to the United States
Preston Lim Fri, Nov 15, 2019, 11:59 AM
The U.S. extradites a Canadian citizen on terror charges, Canada debates its relationship to China and other Canadian national security news.
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Top Canadian National Police Official Accused of Violating Secrets Act
Preston Lim Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 8:59 AM
On Sept. 13, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)—Canada’s national police service—arrested Cameron Ortis, formerly the director-general of the service’s National Intelligence Coordination Center. Ortis was one of the RCMP’s top civilian officials.
Politics & National Security
Canada’s Foreign Policy Election
Preston Lim Tue, Sep 10, 2019, 12:26 PM
The next Canadian federal election, which will largely pit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party against Andrew Scheer’s Conservative Party, is set to take place on Oct. 21.
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Canadian National Security: A New Fighter Jet and New Intelligence Oversight
Preston Lim Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 9:32 AM
Canada Looks for a New Fighter Jet
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Canada to Lead NATO Mission Iraq for Another Year
Preston Lim Thu, Jul 11, 2019, 9:00 AM
At the end of June, Canadian Defense Minister Harjit Sajjan announced that his country will continue to command NATO Mission Iraq (NMI) until November 2020, rather than handing off leadership to another country in November of this year, as had been previously planned.
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Canadian National Security: News on Mali and the Norman Affair
Preston Lim Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 8:00 AM
In 1957, Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in resolving the Suez Crisis. Pearson was the first to push for the idea of a large-scale peacekeeping mission, and Canadians have since celebrated Pearson as the father of peacekeeping. The world today is radically different than the one Pearson inhabited—but his exploits demonstrate that Canadians have long charted their own solutions to global security issues, even while working closely alongside the United States and within a multilateral framework.