As promised, the crew at INTREPID is starting a few new “features” this season — the first is a sit-down with Philippe Lagasse, Crown scholar extraordinaire, to discuss the public law architecture of modern Canada (within which all national security law and practice — and all other exercises of governmental power — is entrenched).
Read MoreThe Intrepid team assembles: Stephanie hosts as Jessica, Leah and Mike join her for a discussion about the breaking news that a top RCMP intelligence official, Cameron Ortis, was arrested on September 13 and charged with violating the Security of Information Act (SOIA).
Read MoreFor the last official podcast of Season 2, Stephanie plays the role of interviewer to Craig and regular guest (and Intrepid Blog founder) Thomas Juneau for a discussion about Iran. This is part of our occasional series on Canadian foreign policy in relation to particular states. In this episode we ask: Why did Canada split with Iran and why did the Trudeau government fail to re-open relations despite its 2015 election promise? What are the legalities of the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act and how does that complicate things? And given a series of skirmishes in the Gulf, what is the Trump Administration trying to do, exactly? (Answer: no one knows, including Trump). Finally, is there a role for Canada in all of this?
See you in September – we have some great plans ahead.
Read MoreStephanie and Craig are very pleased to welcome to the show (as our last “podsight” guest of Season 2) Tricia Geddes, Assistant Director Policy at CSIS.
Read MoreWith three episodes left in season 2, Stephanie and Craig return with their last news roundup before breaking for August. Most of bill C-59 came into force this week (and the CSE Act will come into force on August 1). This podcast has the details of the provisions now in force. And CSIS was in the news twice this month. Stephanie and Craig parse the issues, and the role of CSIS when at issue is lawful advocacy, protest and dissent.
Read MoreStephanie and Craig are back to discuss the recent listing as a terrorist group of two (related) right-wing extremist groups — the first time this has happened in Canada. They walk through how listing works in the Criminal Code and the implications of listing. They then focus on the government’s newly announced national security transparency advisory group, complementing its national security transparency principles. They end with an update on some reporting on electoral interference in Canada.
Read MoreStephanie sat down with Thomas Juneau, A Blog Called INTREPID founding editor and uOttawa professor. They discussed recent developments in the Middle East, with a focus on Saudi Arabia and Canadian foreign policy issues. This is one in an occasional series we are doing on regional national security and international relations issues, looked at through the prism of Canadian interests.
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Bill C-59 is law! Our Schoolhouse Rock episode, with final observations on the bill C-59 process. And then a quick review of the first CSIS public report in years. And then some books we’re reading this summer.
Read MoreStephanie and Craig are honoured to welcome to the show Ralph Goodale, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness in our latest “podsight”.
Read MoreStephanie and Craig are back, discussing (among other things) how bill C-59 will come into force, when (not if!) it becomes law.
Read MoreStephanie and Craig sat down with Michael Nesbitt, Leah West and Jess Davis (all founding editors of “A Blog Called INTREPID) while all were at the University of Toronto for an anti-terrorism conference. Recorded in the wood-paneled drawing room of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law (complete with echo and people arriving for work treading on squeaky floors), our group offers up their thoughts on the top priorities in national security law and policy reform for the next year, after the federal election.
Read MoreSophie Beecher, Director, Intelligence Policy, National Security Policy Directorate, Public Safety Canada joins Stephanie and Craig to walk through the Security of Canada Information Sharing Sharing Act (SCISA). SCISA was amongst the most controversial features of bill C-51 (2015). What changes does C-59 add to revamp the balance between security and privacy?
Read MoreThis is the INTREPID deep-dive on the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians, which last week issued its first (very substantive) annual report. Stephanie and Craig are honoured to welcome to INTREPID the NSICoP’s Chair, David McGuinty, and its Executive Director, Rennie Marcoux.
Read MoreCraig and Stephanie interrupt their series of guest interviews to update listeners on news in the national security law and policy world.
Read MoreStephanie and Craig were honoured to sit down with Stéphane Perrault, Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, to discuss elections security and the workings of Elections Canada in preparing for the 2019 election.
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