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(2021,
[field_writer2]
Violent extremism and acts of terrorism have no place in Canadian society or abroad. According to Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, the listing of terrorist entities under the Criminal Code sends a strong message that Canada will not tolerate this type of activity, and will do everything in its power to counter the ongoing threat to Canada’s national security and its citizens.
The Government of Canada has placed four new terrorist entities on the Criminal Code list, including:
(2020,
issue 2)
BY SCOTT NEWARK [field_writer2]
(the countdown is on for Federal action)
Scott Newark LLB
Alberta Court of Appeal ruling on searches of traveller electronic devices is a model for effective policy reform. and an appropriate role for the judiciary.
(2020,
issue 1)
BY SCOTT NEWARK [field_writer2]
Public Safety and Security Issues are Growing, and Action is Necessary.
Following last year’s election, when the Liberals were reduced to a minority government, there was great interest in how this new situation would impact what was a long list of public safety and security issues that clearly required action.
(2020,
[field_writer2]
The U.S. killing of Iranian MGen Qassem Soleimani with a missile strike in January is being called “unlawful and arbitrary under international law” by a UN investigator who says the U.S. had offered no proof for President Donald Trump’s explanation that the strike was necessary to stop Soleimani from “plotting imminent and sinister attacks.”
(2020,
[field_writer2]
An Alberta judge has refused to consider an attempt by opponents of COVID-19 public health restrictions to delay their implementation. The applicants, including two churches and a gym owner, contending that restrictions such as mask-wearing ald limits on gatherings are unconstitutional, had sought an emergency injunction until the court had heard their main case.
(2019,
issue 1)
BY SCOTT NEWARK [field_writer2]
Analyzing Canada’s public safety, border and national security and immigration issues through Budget 2019 and Bill C-97
(2019,
[field_writer2]
Two men, Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier, had been arrested following Project Smooth, an RCMP national security investigation that began in 2012 and involved an undercover FBI informant who had infiltrated the alleged plot.
They were tried and convicted of terrorism in 2015, and lawyers get to work preparing for an appeal. Last week, they finally won the right to an appeal based on the type of jury selection chosen.
(2018,
issue 6)
BY TONY WYVER [field_writer2]
Western Canada Select (WCS) Oil is important for Canada and the World Market.
(2018,
issue 5)
BY SCOTT NEWARK [field_writer2]
BILL BLAIR's MANDATE
Canada’s new Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction Minister finally has a mandate: What should Canadians expect?
(2018,
issue 5)
[field_writer2]
As we go to press, I can’t help thinking about the recent revelation of a controversial, insane, deplorable, inappropriate (pick one) decision by Correctional Service Canada. Terri-Lynne McClintic was caught on surveillance video in 2009 leading little Tori Stafford away to her eventual death. It took police less than a month to catch and charge Michael Rafferty, 28, and Terri-Lynne McClintic, 18, in the horrific abduction, rape, beating and murder of a defenceless 8-year-old girl.
The serious consequences of
(2018,
issue 4)
BY SCOTT NEWARK [field_writer2]
The ineffectiveness of Canada’s system of removing non-citizens who have been ordered deported has increasingly been in the news – both for failed refugee claimants who have entered the country illegally, and the ongoing reality of non-citizens convicted of serious crimes. Put succinctly, in Canada there’s clearly a difference between being ordered deported and actually being removed.
(2018,
issue 1)
BY K. JOSEPH SPEARS [field_writer2]
Canada, a founding partner of both NATO and NORAD, is facing an increasingly asymmetrical threat environment that has become more complex because of lawfare and hybrid warfare. This requires Canada to have interlinked policies of defence and security; foreign affairs; economic and international trade; and environment. All of these issues are interconnected and cannot be viewed in isolation by any of Canada’s military, political or policy leaders.