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Cyber Interference in the Federal Election? Part 1
- Analysis
- April 12, 2019
“We judge it very likely that Canadian voters will encounter some form of foreign cyber interference related to the 2019 federal election.” So says the Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada’s equivalent to America’s NSA and Britain’s GCHQ, in a report issued on 8 April 2019. In response, the Canadian government has been threatening to regulate
READ MORECyber Interference in the Federal Election? Part 2
- Analysis
- April 12, 2019
Part 1 of this blog dealt with the fairly generic alarms raised by the CSE regarding election tampering by foreign cyber threats. As far as the specific threat to Canada is concerned, CSE says the following: “Since the 2015 federal election, Canadian political leaders and the Canadian public have been targeted by foreign cyber interference
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Finding Asylum Just Got Harder
- Analysis
- April 12, 2019
Refugee advocates in Canada breathed a sigh of relief in October of 2015. Immediately upon the election of the Liberals under the leadership of Justin Trudeau, the doors opened to thousands of Syrian refugees. Tens of thousands of Syrians have arrived since then. Canadians across the country continue to work to support their integration into
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Taiwan Hopes for “Oceans of Democracy”
- Analysis
- April 5, 2019
Republic of China (Taiwan) President Tsai Ing-wen, who takes pride in her Austronesian heritage through her paternal grandmother, made an 8-day voyage called “Oceans of Democracy” at the end of March to three Micronesian allies and Hawaii. This westward journey was culturally significant, since Taiwan was, about 3,500 years ago, the origin of the migration
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