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The truck is black with big wheels.

“Buy Canadian” won’t fix defence procurement until Ottawa defines “Canadian”

Cyber and crypto security shield on futuristic screen technology background.

Canada should keep its data out of U.S. hands

Carney stands smiling, hands in suit-pants pockets, in the cavernous space of a military transport aircraft. Around him are several men in khaki and camouflage uniforms.

Buy Canadian won’t cost us much. That’s the problem

Solomon is leaving a group of men in suits as he points at the camera.

Canada’s sovereignty needs more than guns and steel

An ice-packed inlet with snow-covered mountains in the background.

Northern cable security is becoming a test of Canada’s Arctic readiness

A data centre with rows of servers and floating figures representing digital data streams.

Canada needs to develop its own AI computing power

A closeup of a weathered grey tail of a CF-18 Hornet, with the dark grey Canadian flag stamped on it.

Canada needs a real debate on its defence buildup

An overhead view of a combine harvester cutting a swath through a field of brown plants, alongside a tractor towing a grain trailer.

Community food systems are critical to Canada’s national security

Transport trucks approach the Canada/USA border crossing in Windsor, Ont. on Saturday, March 21, 2020.

Stress testing Canadian governance

With Hannaford’s unexpected pick, “the qualifications for clerk are changing”

Perspectives on the Ottawa convoy protest and the Rouleau commission report

Emergency law needs to change for the climate crisis era

It’s time to get tougher on travel-related terrorism

A close-up of two paper versions of the Globe and Mail.

Information leaks can be critical to preserving democracy

Storm clouds gather over a yellow canola field.

Countering China’s economic coercion by building on a European initiative

The war in Afghanistan was a war of communication

We must increase confidence in Canada’s security and intelligence enterprise

Should Canada change the channel on Fox News?

Managing asylum claims in a federal system with lessons from Germany

Hundreds of young men march in rows, dressed head-to-toe in dark green with white spats over their black boots and a red, white and blue sash draped across their chests. Wearing white gloves, each man is holding a long weapon at shoulder level.

The terrorism of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Six security and intelligence areas the Rouleau report needs to address

The ripple effects of invoking draconian laws must not be ignored

The consequences of falling behind our allies on combatting terrorist financing

Two light-grey ships are tied up alongside a dock, each festooned with colourful nautical flags strewn from their bows to the top of their bridges. In front of them, a dais has been set up to face the crowd, which consists of four rows of seated navy personnel, all dressed in black uniforms with their flat-topped, white hats.

Tin pot navy 2.0

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