National Security

National security or national defence is the security and defence of a nation state, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, which is regarded as a duty of government. Originally conceived as protection against military attack, national security is now widely understood to include also non-military dimensions, including the security from terrorism, minimisation of crime, economic security, energy security, environmental security, food security, cyber-security etc. Similarly, national security risks include, in addition to the actions of other nation states, action by violent non-state actors, by narcotic cartels, and by multinational corporations, and also the effects of natural disasters. Governments rely on …

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MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2024 English

Separated by the world’s longest land border and engaging in over three billion dollars in trade daily, Canada and the United States share security concerns, cultural interests, and a history …

Foreign Relations, who was a member of the National Security Council during the Clinton and Obama admin-


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 4 June 2024 English

Public finance is a key tool used by governments to fund critical infrastructure needed to transition to renewable energy as well as direct capital and influence private investors' decisions. Ending …

provided for fossil fuel projects under ITMOs. • National security and emergency response: The policy should should avoid creating loopholes related to national security and emergency response. Any exemptions for the


CGAI: Canadian Global Affairs Institute · 1 June 2024

the acquisition system and building up Canada’s defence capabilities.The media coverage of national security and defence in the past few months has covered a wide variety of issues, everything from identifying policy documents including the current update, were all released without an overarching updated national security policy or foreign policy.8 This is not to imply that the government does not develop policies individual issues without an overarching national strategic level policy document dealing with national security policy, foreign policy, development assistance policy and industrial and trade policy. Most


AUP: Athabasca University Press · 28 May 2024 English

Reckoning with the experiences of refugees can inform epistemological and practical approaches to humanizing migrant populations before, during, and after their resettlement. Contributors explore what it means to experience dehumanization, …

who4 Introduction are deemed threatening to national security or a way of life. In this book, we sometimes


APF: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada · 24 May 2024 English

The opposition, and expressed his hopes that Canada, currently a de facto coalition of the Kuomintang (KMT) and chair of the Commission of the Comprehensive and Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), …

"choosing dialogue over confrontation." Taiwan's National Security Council. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/


C.D. Howe Institute · 24 May 2024 English

pub Intelligence Memos From: Robert Dimitrieff To: National Security Watchers Date: May 27 2024 Re: Pulp and Paper Supply Chains are a National Security Vulnerability In the shadow of escalating global conflicts conflicts and the pressing demand for military supplies, a critical component of national security is being overlooked: The strategic importance of pulp and paper. [...] This is part of a Chinese “fibre failure to recognize the strategic military applications of the pulp and paper sector in its national security reviews reflects a broader lack of awareness of the importance of maintaining control over critical

Intelligence Memos From: Robert Dimitrieff To: National Security Watchers Date: May 27 2024 Re: Pulp and Paper Paper Supply Chains are a National Security Vulnerability In the shadow of escalating global conflicts military supplies, a critical component of national security is being overlooked: The strategic importance recent developments raise concerns about national security. The March 2023 acquisition of Resolute Forest applications of the pulp and paper sector in its national security reviews reflects a broader lack of awareness


CCR: Canadian Council for Refugees · 20 May 2024 English

Ministerial Relief applications: Proposed Regulatory Amendments CCR comments, May 2024 The following are the comments of the Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR) in response to the publication in the Canada …

Statement speaks of the need to “safeguard national security and public safety”. However, many of the applicants have ever represented, any kind of threat to national security and public safety. Among the people caught they do not in any way represent a threat to national security, nor have they committed any criminal acts class of persons eligible for deportation on national security grounds.” (underlining added. Suresh v. Canada


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 16 May 2024 English

of the UK scheme was a 2020 report from the Intelligence and Security incorporated into the National Security Act in July Committee on Russian threats. [...] Some of these → the challenge of a country-agnostic

Conservative member of Parliament (MP) Council on National Security (2005–2009) Kenny Chiu, who represented a modelled on Australian of public safety on national security legislation and focused on creating a public making on behalf of a foreign the media on national security issues. state actor. The proposed act gave campaign platform, along with other proposed National Security Strategy.” He is a measures responding to trail, the Conservative Party leader and National Security and now serves at the time, Erin O’Toole,


McMaster Health Forum · 15 May 2024 English

Social Systems Evidence: Taxonomy of program and service areas, governance, financial and delivery arrangements, and implementation strategies

Employment conditions o Food standards o National security o Student support services o Cultural industries


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 15 May 2024 English

International investment treaties and their investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) system are facing growing scrutiny of how they threaten climate action, environmental protection, and social justice. But what would an alternative …

investment while simultaneously managing perceived national security risks associated with some types of inward


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