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Former CSIS senior strategic analyst Phil Gurski joins Stephen LeDrew to explain why Canadians should care much more about national security, foreign interference and espionage.
Gurski spent more than three decades in Canada’s intelligence community, including senior roles at the Communications Security Establishment and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
His warning is simple: Canada is not immune from serious security threats.
LeDrew and Gurski discuss China’s interest in Canadian resources and technology, the security failures uncovered at Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Laboratory and whether Ottawa has historically failed to take intelligence seriously enough.
The conversation also turns to the Foreign Interference Commission and the difficult relationship between intelligence agencies that gather uncomfortable information and political leaders who ultimately have to decide what to do with it.
Gurski argues that Canadian intelligence professionals do good work — but says Canada has long suffered from a weak national-security culture at the political level.
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Phil Gurski is the author of: 9/11: THE UNFINISHED BATTLE — Why Jihadi Terrorism Is Stronger, Wider, and Far From Over
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TOPICS COVERED
- Why national security matters to Canadians
- Phil Gurski’s intelligence career
- China and Canadian resources
- Economic and technological espionage
- The Winnipeg National Microbiology Laboratory
- Foreign interference
- Canada’s intelligence culture
- Whether political leaders listen to intelligence
- The Foreign Interference Commission
- Why Canada may underestimate security threats
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