national security Archives

Reasonable Doubt: Why Canadians should care about Apple’s fight with the FBI

Our legal system is grappling with many of the same issues involved in this high-profile case

Feb 29, 2016

Canadas Arctic sovereignty is on thin ice

Those who took Stephen Harper at his word may naively assume that he left his successor with a strong presence in the North to protect our sovereignty.

Jan 20, 2016

Robert Smol

national security

This election, The Force may be our only hope

Despite my desire to believe that contemporary Canadian politics is more nuanced than a make-believe galaxy far away, I find myself falling back on Star Wars metaphors when discussing the election with my 10-year-old

Oct 18, 2015

Keith Stewart

national security

Omar Khadr: demonized no more

Perhaps now Canadians grounded in over a decade’s worth of the Harper government's war on terror will rethink not only Khadr's case, but also those of other young people who are the focus of a related moral panic

May 10, 2015

Matthew Behrens

national security

Omar Khadr: demonized no more

When Omar Khadr was granted bail last week, the Harper government actually did something logical: it argued in an emergency hearing that releasing someone who, since the age of 15, has never known life outside of the worlds worst detention facilities, would cause irreparable harm.

May 10, 2015

Matthew Behrens

national security